Peace treaties
Agreements to end or prevent war between peoples, with their terms, gifts and ceremonies, such as the Wampanoag peace with Plymouth in 1621 and the Cherokee peace with Virginia in 1761.
Peace in the Town-House at Chota
Henry Timberlake, Memoirs (London, 1765): arrival among the Overhill Cherokee, December 1761 · events of December 1761; printed at London, 1765
Some days after, the headmen of each town were assembled in the town-house of Chote, the metropolis of the country, to hear the articles of peace read, whither the interpreter and I accompanied Ostenaco.
Some days later, the headmen of each town were assembled in the town-house of Chote, the chief town of the country, to hear the articles of peace read. The interpreter and I went there with Ostenaco.
The chiefs can inflict no punishment; but, upon the signing of the peace, it was agreed by both nations, that offenders on either side should be delivered up to be punished by the offended party, and it is to this the Chief alludes.
[Timberlake's note:] The chiefs cannot inflict any punishment. But when the peace was signed, both nations agreed that offenders on either side should be handed over to the injured party for punishment. It is this that the chief refers to.