Plainly because those humble journeyers had no other beast of burden.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
We're journeyers-rock and tree and Kelpie's Pool with the rest of us.
"Foes"
Mary Johnston
We talked a little, desultorily, as the meal was prepared-fragments of traveler's news and gossip, as is the habit of journeyers who come upon each other in the silent places.
"The Metal Monster"
A. Merritt