the treaty of fort wise of 1861 was a treaty signed between the united states and six chiefs of the southern cheyenne and four of the southern arapaho indian tribes. many cheyenne people hated this treaty because only a minority of cheyenne chiefs had signed. they were also angry because those chiefs signed asking the rest of the tribe what they wanted. different responses to the treaty were a reason why there was conflict between whites and indians. this led to the colorado war of 1864, including the sand creek massacre.