The mules were hobbled and turned loose, and the cavalry horses tethered and fed.
Six of the soldiers were killed, the mules stampeded, and the provisions burned, all within a short space of time.
Two tilted wagons, a good deal the worse for wear, apparently pretty heavily laden, and drawn by six mules each, were accompanied by about two dozen men on horseback.
Horses and mules are of more importance than clothing to men who are as far away from tailors and civilization as were these new-comers in the neighborhood of Steve's mine.
They must find a regular "pass," down which they could manage to take their horses and mules and wagons.
It's the loneliest kind of a place, Captain Skinner," said Bill, just after he had helped turn the mules loose on the grass.
The men themselves were as much out of the common way as were the clothes they wore, but they had somehow managed to keep their horses and mules in pretty good condition.
Down the long defile a cavalcade of mounted men and packmules made their way, plunging through drifts and clattering over rocks.
The supper was hastily eaten, the fire beaten out, the mules and horses watered and hitched.
With many backward glances the two children stole away to where the mules and ponies were corralled.
Why, your men are half starved; your few horses are broken-winded; your mules are no match for the fresh trained mustangs of the enemy.
The Californians, upon the arrival of the main body of the enemy's troops, had retreated unpursued; the mules attached to one of the American howitzers were scampering over to the opposite ranks, much to the consternation of Kearney.
Although these vampires only imbibe a few ounces of blood, the subsequent haemorrhage is very great, and full-grown mules sometimes die of the exhaustion caused by their repeated attacks.
First did he assail the mules and fleet dogs, but afterward, aiming at the men his piercing dart, he smote; and the pyres of the dead burnt continually in multitude.
Arrived at the riverside they turned out the mules to graze, and unlading the carriage, bore the garments down to the water, and, working with cheerfulness and alacrity, soon dispatched their labor.
We'll hitch up the little mules and go and bring away the ore to-night.
If you will lend me the mules and wagon, I'll set right off.
Get hold of the lines in case the mules should scare, while I see if I can reach the gun.
Inserting the butt-end of the pole between two big rocks, we would tie a rope to the other end and hitch the mules to it.
I was driving the mules at the moment, but Joe, who was walking beside the wagon, picked up a stone and hurled it at the cat.
You oughta've took a mortgage on Ward's mules last year, Jodie.
Well, anyhow, Uncle Hiram went down to the barn to feed the mules and to milk the cow.
Just as soon as themules could pull our wagon to the top, we'd see what was burning up.
I do not think mules could have been taken over the same spot in any August during the past twenty years without great difficulty.
In the middle of August, 1792, De Saussure appears to have taken mules from Breil, over the Val Tournanche glacier to the summit of the Theodule; and on a previous journey he did the same, also in the middle of August.
The high-spirited mules were at the door, impatiently champing their bits.
Mules is five hundred dollars a span, and every identical mule my poor boy had has been gobbled up by the red man.
Only tell me where the mules are, and then you may die if you want to.
I knew when my Reginald staggered into the door-yard that he was on the Die, but if I'd only thunk to ask him about them mules ere his gentle spirit took flight, it would have been four thousand dollars in OUR pockets, and NO mistake!
Each has a cantina and thither Don Santiago, Prat, and myself repaired to moisten our dusty throats with native red wine while the mules took a breathing spell.
The degenerate pointed to the distant carcasses of mules rotting in the sun and above which soared carrion.
Returning by the same road shortly afterwards, he met the same wagon, and angered drove into the mules for revenge.
In the high altitudes both llamas and mules are used for beasts of burden.
This part, bordered by tall reeds, towering above our heads, was now dry and led us to another arm of the river, where a fairly strong flow of water wet our mules up to their bellies.
Good mules averaged about thirty-two dollars each.
Regaining our path, we eventually regained the Paucartambo, which we crossed by the means of a primitive log raft, while the guide took the mulesacross by a bridge a mile down the river.
We had so much paraphernalia with us that it would have been impossible to load it all upon one mule, so I had it divided somewhat in order that the three mules which we were to ride would bear some of the burden.
Taking an early start from Puella, one arrives by carriage or mules in two and a half hours' time at Casa-Pangue, a small frame chalet where are stationed the Chilean custom-house officers.
Don Santiago Carmona, a rich haciendero of Tarata, was in Tacna with a caravan of thirty-one mules and six horses.
The men of war were on either hand, and the mules followed with the merchandise.
There were forty camels in the caravan, and the mules were twice forty in number.
Drive forth a long train of camels; heap many mules with gold; send chariots filled with precious gifts.
What a difference between their habits and the mules on which their forefathers rode!
Another quack[620] arrives with one trunk from the other side of the Pyrenees; it is scarcely unpacked when pensions rain on him, and he is ready to return whence he came with plenty of mules and cartloads full of property.
The mules are left here, and the ascent is made by the western flank, taking care to make the guide understand that the highest peak is wanted, and not the Rocher de l'Incudine.
In summer men go up every day with mules for frozen snow.
That band of hogs began to torment me as much as the mules had done.
Tim Collins took a span of kicking mules to Pierce, the blacksmith, to be shod.
When the friskymules in the barn lot heard the joyful tidings, "It is a boy," they just cut up and threw their hind feet higher than ever.
I don't like him as well as the rest of the mules and I hate 'em all.
Late that night a teamster reported that he had driven his four mules into a shell hole and broken the rear axle of his wagon.
I says to him, kind of mad, 'I gotta turn four mules around.
It occurred to Denry that if mules were so wonderful in the Apennines the reason must be that there are no policemen in the Apennines.
From the informal companion and the tamer ofmules she had miraculously developed into the public celebrity, the peeress of the realm, and the inaugurator-general of philanthropic schemes and buildings.
She told him how she had ridden hundreds of miles on mulesin the Apennines, where there were no roads, and only mules, goats, and flies could keep their feet on the steep stony paths.
St. Aubert bade him proceed as fast as possible; but either Michael, or his mules were obstinate, for they did not quit the old pace.
This was a tender point with the muleteer; his honour was wounded when his mules were treated with disrespect, and he would have received a blow, perhaps, with more meekness.
They again led the mules forward, between the boles of the trees, and over pathless grass, that concealed their high knotted roots.
This was a spot well suited for rest, and the travellers alighted to dine, while the mules were unharnessed to browse on the savoury herbs that enriched this summit.
His comrade assented, and, turning the mules out of the road, they advanced towards a cliff, overhung with cedars, Emily following in trembling silence.
He often quitted it for points that promised a wider prospect, and the slow pace, at which the mules travelled, allowed him to overtake them with ease.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mules" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
