<P> In the slum neighborhood of Five Points , Manhattan in 1846 , two gangs have engaged in a final battle ( or `` challenge '' ) in Paradise Square over `` who holds sway over the Five Points '' ; these two factions involved in this event are the nativist , Protestant `` Natives '' led by William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting , and the Irish Catholic group of immigrants , the `` Dead Rabbits '' , led by `` Priest '' Vallon . At the end of this battle , Bill kills Vallon and declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed . Having witnessed this , Vallon 's young son hides the knife that killed his father and is taken to an orphanage on Blackwell 's Island . </P>
<P> In the slum neighborhood of Five Points , Manhattan in 1846 , two gangs have engaged in a final battle ( or `` challenge '' ) in Paradise Square over `` who holds sway over the Five Points '' ; these two factions involved in this event are the nativist , Protestant `` Natives '' led by William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting , and the Irish Catholic group of immigrants , the `` Dead Rabbits '' , led by `` Priest '' Vallon . At the end of this battle , Bill kills Vallon and declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed . Having witnessed this , Vallon 's young son hides the knife that killed his father and is taken to an orphanage on Blackwell 's Island . </P>
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the nativist , Protestant `` Natives '' led by William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting the Irish Catholic group of immigrants , the `` Dead Rabbits '' , led by `` Priest '' Vallon
the nativist , Protestant `` Natives '' led by William `` Bill the Butcher '' Cutting the Irish Catholic group of immigrants , the `` Dead Rabbits '' , led by `` Priest '' Vallon