[@Irredeemable] btw, I'm pretty sure Cockburne's army would have run into the natives quite a lot on their long march from the West to the Midwest and East (especially when they were needing to replenish their losses from slaughtering the Chicago Enclave) so there's probably some common history. Most likely the muties kidnapped some people for FEV dipping but now try to sort of make amends to allow some measure of trade to go down, or if not then continue the usual business