Desc: Emissaries of Peace: Directed by Linda Randulfe. With Keith Anderson, Willie Balderson, Barbara Duncan, Ernest Grant. During the turbulent era of the French and Indian War, the Cherokee people struggled to preserve their independence. Follow Cherokee leader Ostenaco and Virginian Henry Timberlake on their 1762 journey from Chota (the capital of the Cherokee nation) to Williamsburg and Lodo in search of lasting peace.