The Cheyenne and Arapaho, which had arrived relatively recently to the area after moving westward from the Great Lakes area in the 18th century were somewhat caught in the crossfire of the war, and suffered the most notorious losses.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho, a pair of closely related Algonquian-speaking tribes who migrated westward from the Great Lakes area in the 18th century, were regarded as least interested in conflict with the whites. They were somewhat caught in the crossfire of the war, but ironically suffered the most notorious losses.