Its merit is its adaptability to different shapes and sizes of package-in fact it is the only hitch good for Aparejo packing-its great flattening power, and the fact that it rivets the pack to the horse's sides.
"Camp and Trail"
Stewart Edward White
Mr. Burns alluded to an Aparejo or an arroyo as casually as Jack would say "singletree" or "furrow," and his stories brought the distant plains country very near.
"The Eagle's Heart"
Hamlin Garland
One night as we sat at dinner in his house, he suddenly leaned back in his chair and said with a smile "I can't tell you how I enjoy having a man at my table who knows the difference between a parfleche and an Aparejo."
"A Daughter of the Middle Border"
Hamlin Garland