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The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day Wray, Colorado, was named afterwards for Lieutenant Fredrick H. Beecher, an army officer killed during the battle.

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  • Battle of Beecher Island
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  • The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day Wray, Colorado, was named afterwards for Lieutenant Fredrick H. Beecher, an army officer killed during the battle.
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  • 50(xsd:integer)
  • 200(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the Comanche War, American Indian Wars
Date
  • --09-19
Commander
map caption
  • Location within Colorado
Caption
  • A map of the Republican River and its tributaries, with the location of Beecher Island highlighted in red.
Casualties
  • 6(xsd:integer)
  • 9(xsd:integer)
  • 15(xsd:integer)
Result
  • United States victory
combatant
  • Sioux
  • Cheyenne
  • Arapaho
Latitude
  • 39(xsd:double)
map type
  • Colorado
Place
  • Yuma County, Colorado
Longitude
  • -102(xsd:double)
Conflict
  • Battle of Beecher Island
map label
  • Beecher Island Battlefield
abstract
  • The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day Wray, Colorado, was named afterwards for Lieutenant Fredrick H. Beecher, an army officer killed during the battle.
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