It has been said that the Battle of Summit Springs was one of the few in history of the frontier which would measure up to all the requirements of the writers of western fiction.

–James T. King
War Eagle—A Life of General Eugene A. Carr

The severe and well merited chastisement given these savages by General Carr in July produced the most marked effect upon the conduct of the whole Cheyenne tribe … the Cheyennes concerned have come in to Camp Supply and begged for peace, declaring they have had enough of War. It is believed … that there are no hostile Indians on the Plains of Kansas or Colorado.

–Major General John M. Schofield
Commander, Dept. of the Missouri following Battle of Summit Springs

This battle ended Indian terrorism in Kansas and Nebraska. The savages had never before received such a stunning blow in any engagement … Considered as a complete success, the battle of Summit Springs takes rank with Washita Village; but in a broader sense it was of infinitely greater importance, as it forever secured to the white race the undisputed and unmolested possession of the Republican River and its tributaries.

–George Frederic Price
Across the Continent with The Fifth Cavalry

The [Summit Springs] fight was the last in that section of the plains … Eight companies were in action, which makes it a major battle by Indian wars’ standards … Summit Springs … was one of a very few of these fights that would satisfy Hollywood and the writers of Westerns. The cavalry charged with bugle blowing, a woman was rescued (and later married a soldier), the slaughter of Indians was large–as attested by a board of officers who counted the bodies–and the troops suffered no losses.

–Don Russell
The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill