sumpter
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All our gallant soldiers had made up their lances, fusils, sabres, bows and arrows, into bundles, which were packed upon their sumpter animals.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc
Here richly-caparisoned horses were prancing, there sumpter mules laden with supplies, and decorated with ribbons and flowers, made their slow way onward.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
But no; after another quarter of an hour's haggling they yielded the last point, and, laden like a sumpter mule, Bill took his triumphant departure.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
"Pardon, my Prince," said I, "but all the apparel I have is upon my sumpter horse, which comes in the train of the Princess."
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
They had three saddle-horses and four sumpter mules.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
