Each consisted of a sack of flour, a bundle of bacon, a bag of beans, a box, a camp stove, a pick, a shovel, and a tent.

These were to be packed, covered with a mantle, and caught by "the diamond hitch." Mose laid aside hat and coat, and as the six pack horses approached, seized the one intended for him.

Catching the saddle blanket up by the corners, he shook it straight, folded it once, twice--and threw it to the horse.

The sawbuck followed it, the cinch flying high so that it should go clear.

A tug, a grunt from the horse, and the saddle was on.
Unwinding the sling ropes, he made his loops, and end-packed the box.
Against it he put both flour and beans.