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* It was common in early American and Canadian history for a business establishment to have what amounted to a private army. Usually it meant some combination of the militia of the nearest company town or the crew of a ship, [[Cattle Drive]], or trade caravan, plus a few gunslingers here or there, plus some perks that only capital and industrialization could afford like fieldpieces or fortification (it is no accident that trading posts were once called fort this or fort that even though they were not army bases at all). In other words they were stronger then what any neighboring native chief could field but not overwhelmingly so. Usually they were comparable to modern security guards though the frontier being the frontier, it was known to use such things to corrupt political procedure, wage private feuds, etc.
**More dramatically in India the East India Company had an army that was indistinguishable from a European one.
* It is common when war erupts in an area for the natives to sign on with one side or another as mercs. Sometimes it is for a particular reason (say the other side beats up on their kids more) but often it is just for a job. This is especially known in wilderness country where backcountry folk can bring the skills from the [[Feuding Families|normal conflicts]] on their home turf as a recommendation to the recruiter.
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