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 * Notice
 * Is hereby given that several gentlemen propose meeting at the Crab-orchard on the 4undefined. of June in perfect readiness to move early the next morning through the Wilderness
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 * Is hereby given that several gentlemen propose meeting at the Crab-orchard on the 4undefined. of June in perfect readiness to move early the next morning through the Wilderness
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It appears that unarmed persons sometimes attached themselves to companies and relied on others to protect them in times of danger. One advertisement urged that everyone should go armed and "not to depend on others to defend them."

The frequency of the departure of such companies suggests the great amount of travel on Boone's Road. As early as 1788