sumpter
Example Sentences
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Independently of their convoy, they had a sumpter canoe in company, belonging to the Eboe people, from which the others were supplied with dressed provisions.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
There are ten lances and two court ladies and a dozen or so of sumpter horses—a brave show.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
Then I led over the horses, beginning with the four sumpter beasts.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
They had with them a sumpter horse, whilst a third, which was evidently intended for my prisoner, was held by a groom.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
Simon and Marian Pendexter had been installed in office, with orders to write in a month: three sumpter mules were laden with the family luggage: and the last farewells were taken.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
