Thanks fer the segue... (segway???)
Its gonna turn out that one of Hay's first missions as Captain of a Ranging Company was protecting this same sort of commerce on the San Antonio-Laredo road against MEXICAN bandits....
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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