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Note 19 — Wars with the Niska and Tsimshian and conflicts between Haida families

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Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′liña’s elder brother, Î′ldjiwas,19 was sitting at the time in front of his younger brother. They then stopped shooting one another. And Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′liña’s parents got ten slaves from the house of the Middle-town people. Then Î′ldjiwas asked the Middle-town people to stay awake with [the body of] Gî′tg̣ax̣ī′liña. Although they had just shot at each other, they were called for it.

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