in 1786, wear was one of the emissaries to the cherokee who negotiated the treaty of coyatee, re-affirming the 1785 treaty of dumplin (which dragging canoe's chickamauga faction had refused to recognize). the new treaty extended the area for white settlement almost as far south as the little tennessee river, along which the main "overhill cherokee" towns were located. after the conclusion of hostilities with great britain, however, continuing encroachment into lands the cherokee believed to be theirs—by treaty with the federal government—caused escalating violence in the area, especially south of the french broad river.