Treaty of Fort Wise
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The Treaty of Fort Wise was an 1861 agreement in which some Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ceded large portions of their Colorado lands to the United States, setting the stage for increased conflict and the Colorado War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of Fort Wise canonical | 2 |
| Treaty of Fort Wise (1861) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2389661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Wise Context triple: [Colorado War, relatedTo, Treaty of Fort Wise]
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Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
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B.
Treaty of Mesilla
The Treaty of Mesilla was an 1853 agreement between the United States and Mexico that finalized the Gadsden Purchase, transferring land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad route.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an 1823 agreement between the United States and the Seminole that forced the tribe into a central Florida reservation and laid groundwork for future conflicts leading to the Seminole Wars.
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E.
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that settled territorial disputes and granted Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Wise Target entity description: The Treaty of Fort Wise was an 1861 agreement in which some Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ceded large portions of their Colorado lands to the United States, setting the stage for increased conflict and the Colorado War.
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A.
Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
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B.
Treaty of Mesilla
The Treaty of Mesilla was an 1853 agreement between the United States and Mexico that finalized the Gadsden Purchase, transferring land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad route.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an 1823 agreement between the United States and the Seminole that forced the tribe into a central Florida reservation and laid groundwork for future conflicts leading to the Seminole Wars.
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E.
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty was a 1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that settled territorial disputes and granted Americans navigation rights on the Mississippi River and access to the port of New Orleans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| appliesToPeople |
Arapaho people
ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Territory of Colorado
ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado Territory
|
| category |
1861 treaties
ⓘ
Treaties between the United States and Native Americans ⓘ |
| cededFrom |
Arapaho people
ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ |
| cededTo |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| consequence |
displacement of Cheyenne and Arapaho communities
ⓘ
escalation of conflict on the Colorado Plains ⓘ undermining of traditional Cheyenne and Arapaho land use ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Colorado War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effect | cession of large portions of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in Colorado ⓘ |
| followedBy | Colorado War ⓘ |
| follows |
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
|
| historicalContext |
American westward expansion
ⓘ
Colorado Gold Rush ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado gold rush
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ |
| legitimacyDisputedBy |
Arapaho people
ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
United States–Native American relations
ⓘ
land cession ⓘ reservation creation ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
many Arapaho people
ⓘ
many Cheyenne people ⓘ |
| party |
Arapaho people
ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| precededBy |
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)
|
| reasonForDispute | signed by only a minority of Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Colorado War
ⓘ
Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ |
| result |
creation of a smaller reservation along the Arkansas River
ⓘ
heightened tensions between Native Americans and settlers ⓘ increased white settlement in eastern Colorado ⓘ reduction of Cheyenne and Arapaho territory ⓘ |
| signatory |
Arapaho leaders
ⓘ
Cheyenne leaders ⓘ Arapaho people ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Arapaho leaders
Southern Cheyenne ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Cheyenne leaders
United States government ⓘ |
| signedAt | Fort Wise ⓘ |
| signedIn |
Territory of Colorado
ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado Territory
|
| signingDate | 1861-02-18 ⓘ |
| year | 1861 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of Fort Wise Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Wise was an 1861 agreement in which some Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders ceded large portions of their Colorado lands to the United States, setting the stage for increased conflict and the Colorado War.
Referenced by (3)
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