| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 173 | The origins of these View more quotes about names">names are not always clear. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 170 | "Then we will hunt. |
| 1 | 171 | The Isbu will hunt. |
| 1 | 172 | The Casmu will hunt! The Isanna will hunt! The Napoktan will hunt! The Wismahi will hunt! The Kaiila will hunt!" The Isbu, or Little-Stones band; the Casmu, or Sand, band; the Isanna, the Little-Knife band; the Napoktan, or Bracelets, band; and the Wismahi, or Arrowhead band, are the five bands which constitute the Kaiila tribe. |
| 1 | 173 | The origins of these names are not always clear. |
| 1 | 174 | It seems probable that the Little-Stones and the Sand bands may have had their names from geographical features, perhaps those adjacent to riverside encampments. |
| 1 | 175 | The Wismahi, or Arrowhead, band is said by some to have once made their winter camp at the confluence of two rivers, the joining of the rivers resembling the point of an arrowhead. |
| 1 | 176 | Others claim that they once lived in a flint-rich area and, prior to the general availability of trade points, conducted a lively trade in flint with surrounding tribes. |