Battle of Summit Springs

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Battle of Summit Springs
Part of the American Indian Wars
The site of the Battle of Summit Springs from the November, 1929 edition of Colorado Magazine
Date July 11, 1869 Location Logan County, Colorado Result U.S. victory
Combatants
United States of America 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment Pawnee Scouts	Arapaho, Southern Cheyenne Dog Soldiers and Lakota Sioux
Commanders
Colonel Eugene A. Carr	Chief Tall Bull
Strength
244 U.S troops plus 50 Pawnee scouts	450 (estimated)
Casualties
1 wounded	52 killed, 17 captured

Comanche Campaign
Beecher Island – Washita River – Summit Springs – Palo Duro Canyon

The Battle of Summit Springs (July 11, 1869) was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army under the command of Colonel Eugene A. Carr and a group of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led by Tall Bull (who died during the engagement, reportedly killed by Buffalo Bill Cody). The battle, a response to a series of Indian raids in north-central Kansas, was fought near Sterling, Colorado. 52 Indians were reported killed and 17 captured, with one U.S. soldier wounded during the fighting. The U.S. victory was said to have "...broke[n] for all time the power of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers on the central Plains." ^[1]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Fort Davis National Historic Site

[edit] References

• Summit Springs, Colorado. Fort Davis National Historic Site. Retrieved on June 30, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Summit Springs Battlefield