They say it is impossible to ride a mule unless you are either an arriero or a priest.
The arriero came around and weighed the cargo and divided it in rawhide nets, equally balanced, according to each individual mule's capacity and then even before daybreak on the following morning we were off.
It was already dusk above the tree tops when we made camp and darkness below so that the Cholo arriero had not noticed where we hung the shelter tent from the bushes and lay down together.
By intuition or obscure landmarks the Cholo arriero found his way and presently we zigzagged down a slope where once more appeared the overgrown remains of a trail.
As each section reached the level ground, the arriero dismounted and went among his animals, talking mule-talk and easing loads to a better balance or tightening the stretched cinches.
The smoke of a rubber picker's hut drifted up from a little gully below us and the arriero came back with a chicken, a bunch of platanos and some onions.
The arriero tells you to show your mule the best line, and then allow her to cross as she likes: the cargo-mule takes a bad line, and is often lost.
About midnight I observed the sky became suddenly clouded: I awakened the arriero to know if there was any danger of bad weather; but he said that without thunder and lightning there was no risk of a heavy snow-storm.
We therefore rode only two or three miles down the valley, and stayed there the ensuing day in hopes of recovering the mule, which the arriero thought had been hidden in some ravine.
Now, feeling perfectly at his ease again, the arriero hastened to perform his ordinary duties.
The Captain kicked the arriero Chief, who was lying by the fire, and aroused him.
The same presentiments agitated the officer; still, he must not allow the arriero to perceive any of his internal disquietude; on the contrary, he must comfort him, and restore that courage which seemed on the point of abandoning him.
The arriero gave a quick start of surprise on hearing the Captain's words, but recovered himself immediately, and bowed his head in assent.
An arriero carrying a bundle of Santa Rosa cigars on his own back as he drives his similarly laden animals.
From the rock-tumbled fisher-town of La Palma an arriero pointed out to me far away across the plains of Michoacán a mountain of striking resemblance to Mt.
When they arrived at the banks of the little river we have spoken of, the arriero stopped his mules, and the party dismounted.
Two evenings before, about the time I had been yawning over the king's fireworks, Pernales had met a village arriero among the foothills of his retreat, and asked him some question about the road.
The arriero carried his own blanket and had long since fallen to snoring with his head on the saddle of his ass and his alforjas close beside him.
The Contrabandista tries to frighten the stranger, that he may learn which road he is travelling and what is his business; the Arriero simply for his amusement.
And she would try to urge her mule into a trot--a futile effort, since the beast had a much higher regard for his skin than she had for hers; and the mule of the arriero was but a few feet ahead.
Le Mire did not like him, but I certainly preferred the hotel proprietor's experience and knowledge to her volatile fancy, and engaged the arriero on the spot.
And since there was nothing better to do, I called to the arriero and asked him to conduct us on a tour of exploration among the mass of boulders, gray and stern, that loomed up on our right.
Then she turned swiftly and called to Harry, who came running over to her only to meet with some trivial request, and a minute later the arriero announced dinner.
From the arriero we tried to learn how far we then were from the cave of the devil, but to our surprise were informed that he had never heard of the thing.
For several days we had been in the region of perpetual snow; and soon we gathered about the fire which the arriero had kindled for our camp.
The arriero led the way, with Harry at his heels, and Desiree and I brought up the rear.
As for me, I was really interested, and I turned to the arriero for information.
The arriero informed her that it was difficult of access, but she turned the objection aside with contempt and commanded him to lead.
The arriero shrugged his shoulders and glanced about, as much as to say, "It is in the wind.
Hardly ever did we find ground sufficiently broad for a breathing space, save when our arriero led us, almost by magic it seemed, to a camping place for the night.
During a fatiguing ride across the level heights, where, owing to the cold wind, I experienced a difficulty of respiration, my Arriero recommended me to chew coca, assuring me that I would experience great relief from so doing.
If, during a journey, one of the llamas is fatigued and lies down, the arriero kneels beside the animal, and addresses to it the most coaxing and endearing expressions.
Before they could decide how to proceed, the arriero came up, threw the noose of his lasso over the head of the magnificent bird, and secured it easily.
The arriero looked anxious, and urged the mules on with whip and voice, turning his eyes furtively, now and then, in the direction of the dark clouds.
While the arriero was replying, the pallor of the traveller's countenance increased; a wild fire seemed to shoot from his eyes, and his hands clutched convulsively the poncho which covered his breast.
Our haste to reach Copan obliged us to decline the pressing invitation of our hosts to prolong our stay, but rather to accept with gratitude their offer of mules and an arriero for the journey to Zacapa, about sixty-three miles distant.
A little after four o'clock I fell into a doze only to be aroused again by the arriero hammering at the door and asking for the loads for his mules.
There we parted on the best of terms, and as I learnt that the arriero had also arrived safely with the pack-mules, I mounted my horse again and rode on to join Mr. Price at the ruins.
In the morning, no doubt, some passing arrierowill see the dead Frenchman on the road, and bring him here for dog's burial.
Indeed, any muleteer or arriero unacquainted with the country might almost pass unawares the spot where road and hill-path meet, so completely is it hidden by the ash-gray contours of the hills.
I cautioned the arriero to keep close watch of the Indian, for at one time I had caught on his face an expression of hatred more intense than I had ever seen before.
The arriero will tell one to hasten--"we must reach San Diego before sleeping.
This region is one of the favorite resorts of the Apaches, where many a poor arrierohas met with an untimely end.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "arriero" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
