With that he addressed a word to his comrades, and they repaired to a cedar-tree near-by, where they began to unsaddle and unpack.
After he had unsaddled and turned his pony into a corral he joined the card players on the porch.
At the door she unsaddled her horse, hobbled him, and turned him loose.
At noon, twenty miles from home, he unsaddled and rested an hour, picketing his horse.
He finished unsaddling and then went stalking over to quell this latest development.
He asked one of the boys to unsaddle the horse, saying he wouldn't go with us.
Having reached the bank of the creek, he unsaddled, watered his horse and picketed it, and started a fire.
Mounted messengers ordinarily do not unsaddle; they rest, water and feed as directed.