sumpter

This was a number of wagoners and sumpter boys, whom Robert had collected; and having supplied them with military standards, gave them the appearance at a distance of a formidable body.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by David Hume

But the hermit soberly journeyed toward Nottingham, the two men-at-arms, with the sumpter mule, riding in front.

From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth

As we rode past the tennis courts the sumpter horses were diverted to enter the Louvre by the gate near the riding-school, but we ourselves rode directly towards the main entrance.

From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats

This, however, is on the supposition that there are a few sumpter horses loaded with provisions, as is generally the case when the party is a large one.

From Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia by John Milton Mackie

The rest of us proceeded on foot, though we had no less than three sumpter beasts to carry our food, instruments, clothes, etc.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper