This was also a gift, and had been procured with great " difficulty" by a " packer from an Indian encampment on the Oregon frontier. "Openings in the Old Trail", - Bret Harte

Little Thunder seized the leading line of the first packer leaped astride his own pony, and pushed out into the storm. "Corporal Cameron", - Ralph Connor

I shall not wait, Packer "The Vicar of Bullhampton", - Anthony Trollope