What word can be used to describe the relationship between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan living nearby?

Wariness characterized the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the nearby Indians under Chief Powhatan.
Overt hostility was avoided during the first years of contact—1607 to 1609—because both sides had other concerns. Powhatan initially seemed to treat the English favorably because he hoped they would bolster his position as the most powerful Indian tribe in the region. The English, for their part, were preoccupied with survival during their first few years in North America. Under the capable leadership of John Smith, the settlers traded for maize with the Indians.
But relations were never truly amicable. After Smith returned to England due to an accident in 1609, relations deteriorated. Powhatan cut off trade and killed any settlers who left the fort. The colony nearly failed. In 1614, peace was made between the English and the Indians. Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter, married a settler, John Rolfe. This led to a temporary truce.
By 1618, both Powhatan and Pocahontas were dead. Powhatan's brother, Opechancanough, nearly wiped out Jamestown a few years later. However, the English finally prevailed after a bloody war.