The Ojibwa petitioners assert that they have never been conquered, nor have they ever ceded land, and that therefore, other than lands, the transfer of title to which they have conferred upon the English through the Robinson-Huron (7 September 1850) and Robinson-Sault (9 September 1850) Treaties, they retain title to all other lands within the Dominion of Canada "by right of conquest and occupation." The petitioners claim to have conquered the Mohawks. They say at no point were they ever British subjects-even the Articles of Capitulation between the French and English dated 8 September 1760 indicated that Indians were allies, not subjects, and further that the English agreed per these articles that the Indians were to remain unmolested in their lands, if they chose to stay there. ; The main thrust of the letter is that even within the lands ceded per the two Treaties above, the Ojibwa expressly retained rights to hunt, fish, and trap for themselves and their descendants. The petitioners complain that acting pursuant to these rights, their community members have had their resources spoiled or confiscated, or have been fined or imprisoned by Provincial officers. Of great importance, they also cite a passage of the then-existent "game and fish Act of Ontario" which acknowledges there are parts of Ontario for which "(the speakers noted that they were here quoting from that Act) their Claims have not been surrendered or extinguished." The purpose of the petition is to ask the Premier to stop this illegal persecution of Ojibway peoples and to recognize in practice the said Treaty rights which exist at law, and further, for protection as allies of King George V. The petitioners conclude by noting that when the British Crown requested assistance while invaded by the Americans in 1812 and 1814, valuable assistance was indeed rendered. The document contains 11 doodems. Interestingly, there is actually a column in the signatures section of the documents labeled "Totem."

In Document: Ojibwa Nation; Mohawks, a tribe of the Iroquois Nation; Hurons; British; Americans