"My companions were Mariano Gonzales, who had formerly accompanied me in Chile, and an "arriero," with his ten mules and a "madrina.""
"The half-blood -- Antonio by name -- was "arriero" of the mule-train, while the three Indians drove the ox-teams, guiding them across the ford with their long goads."
""arriero" with his "atajo" of mules heavily laden with ice of the glaciers."