1779  (1934)  . . . no Packet having been received . . . began to get my things in readiness to proceed . . . being fearfull now of waiting any longer for the Packet men. . . .
1896  (1898)  I reached the post the next day and learned that the returned packet men had heard that two buffaloes had been killed by the Smith Indians in the fall.
1938  I left York Factory with the packet-men on my way Outside for medical attention. . . .