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Note 6 — Fight between the Kaigani and West Coast Haida

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After that they sent word by canoe that they wanted to make peace. They (the West Coast people) then went thither. When they arrived at Tꜝē6 no attention was paid to them. And, since their food was gone, they wanted to buy food from one who lived opposite. He was stingy, and they laid hold of him. Although he was a chief they enslaved him. They also fought the people of Tꜝē. And they killed many of them, and those they enslaved were many. The Pebble-town people made matters even.

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