The principal Chiefs of the Chippewa's [sic] decry their sufferings under British fatherhood and passionately ask the addressee to cease their sufferring. They voice a growing sense of racism in British valuation of "White Children" over "Red Children." They are devastated and sorrowed. Most shocking, the Chiefs do not ask for amends to be made, but rather simply that they be given rights to mine the minerals on their own lands. The addressee replies that the lands in question had been sold to the British Crown before he came into office, and advising them to return home. ; In the second paragraph of their address, the Chiefs reference how the relationship was originally forged in friendship. He references military alliance and the smoking of "the pipe of peace." These appear as likely references to the Covenant Chain Belt exchanged at the Treaty of Niagara in 1764.

In Document: Chippiwa's