Editing Gift (section)

===Wildings===
The [[free folk]] often enter the Gift to raid, steal, and carry off women of the [[north]].{{Ref|ASOS|40}} In {{Date|133}}, for instance, three thousand wildling raiders led by [[Sylas the Grim]] spread out across the Gift until being hunted down by Lord [[Cregan Stark]], [[House Flint of the mountains|Flints]], [[House Glover|Glovers]], [[House Norrey|Norreys]], and [[rangers]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Because of the frequency of raids, many people have fled south into the mountains or the lands of [[House Umber]] east of the [[kingsroad]], leaving the villages and holdfasts abandoned.{{Ref|ASOS|40}}

Lord [[Eddard Stark]] has considered having new lords settle in the abandoned holdfasts of the Gift to protect against the raids. His brother [[Benjen Stark]], the [[First Ranger]], thinks the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] would approve the idea if the new lords pay taxes to [[Castle Black]] instead of [[Winterfell]], but Eddard believes the plan would have to wait until after winter.{{Ref|ASOS|41}}