In 1757 and 1758, his war party raided the French stronghold at Fort Duquesne (located in present day Pittsburgh), eventually taking it.

[11] When part of the victorious war party was on its way back home, however, it was indiscriminately ambushed by Virginia frontiersmen who killed 20 of his men.

[13] After spending several days in Tomotley as guests of Ostenaco, Timberlake and his interpreter proceeded to the Overhill mother-town of Chota, where a number of chiefs had gathered in the town's large council-house.

Ostenaco gave a speech and ceremonially buried a hatchet in the ground, symbolizing a state of peace between the English and the Cherokee.

At the end of January, rumors began trickling in from Cherokee scouts of renewed hostilities with rival tribes to the north.

His sounding voice, distinct articulation, animated action, and the solemn silence of his people at their several fires, filled me with awe and veneration, although I did not understand a single word he uttered.

Ostenaco thanked him by kissing him on both cheeks, leaving them smeared with ochre, which caused bystanders to laugh, and discomforted Goldsmith, who didn't expect that 'natives' would apply makeup as heavy as that common in European society.

Reynolds was not satisfied with the result, as he failed to find a solution to the need for harmonizing neoclassical principles about conveying something universal while catering to contemporary tastes in individualized features.