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Note 9 — Wars with the Niska and Tsimshian and conflicts between Haida families

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And when they came home the Point-town people again fought with the Up-inlet-gîtî′ns. Five chiefs of the Point-town people were killed. After they had fought for a while the Point-town people carried over two copper plates to Qꜝayā′ñ.9 There they threw them into the water. Then those, too, had peace with each other. They gave slaves back and forth as blood money. And they had women on each side marry with the opposites, because they feared that they would be angry again. Now there was peace.

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