mule-train

Ahead of me, Grattan was swinging himself from his saddle over the tailboard of a wagon, and farther ahead the savaneros of the mule-train were doing likewise, their mules running free.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

There is no chance of stopping another reco (that is, a mule-train, sirs) now.

Westward Ho! 2007

I want a mule-train to carry them, and hostlers and bearers.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

I furnished them some beans and coffee for the elder officers and two or three cases of hardtack for the men, and then mounted my horse and rode down to head-quarters, half fording, half swimming the streams; and late in the evening I succeeded in getting half a mule-train of provisions for them.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

The mule-train was to be used simply for food, forage, and spare ammunition.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

If we had been allowed to take our mule-train, we could have kept the whole cavalry division supplied.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

No, if their skipper turned eastward into the web of tributaries and creeks short of the First Bar, to some predetermined rendezvous … a Taiping mule-train waiting on a deserted river-bank … off-load and away up-country … why, it could be done as safe as sleep.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

Ahead of me, Grattan was swinging himself from his saddle over the tailboard of a wagon, and farther ahead the savaneros of the mule-train were doing likewise, their mules running free.

Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

Ahead of me, Grattan was swinging himself from his saddle over the tailboard of a wagon, and farther ahead the savaneros of the mule-train were doing likewise, their mules running free.

Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

We fought in the streets by the light of the burning houses; and, the men of Kolchis giving way before us, we caught up on the mountain road with the mule-train that had the gold.

The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962