The mules were harnessed and ready to go.
Get those mules inside the circle of wagons and be ready for trouble.
A horse and rider could cover more distance in a day that the mules could pulling the heavy freight wagons.
The hardier mules are generally employed for draught, carriage, and saddle purposes in every part of the country, and their breeding is a lucrative industry in the southern states.
Indian corn, flour, cattle, horses, mules and hides are exported to the neighbouring states.
