I have always said that for every treaty signed one of the parties must have or unknowingly have a selfish undertune. Take for instance the treaty between Nigeria and cameroon over the bakassi pennisula it was signed even without the consent of the indigenous people of Bakassi and thus infringing on there fundamental human right.
In this case I found out that the men only had the authority to sign a peace treaty as the women had the authority over the land. The women were not even invited to the negotiations, so all that could be negotiated was peace, not ceding the land or anything like that. The Crowns own arrogance shot themselves in the foot.