"When will you be leading the trade caravan to the mountains?"
One of their sons was with a trade caravan that ran into trouble in Rustum last year.
He is otherwise occupied, I have heard, since an attack on his richest trade caravan left its defenders dead to a man.
They evidently intended to send a trade caravan to meet him, somewhere in Northern California perhaps.
Although he realized how much it would cost the village, Metus quickly agreed to the terms as the trade caravan desperately needed the help.
Well-defended too, because where a trade caravan could cross, so could an army.
Not a trade caravan, for we knew nothing about it.
At the oasis he could wait until one of the trade caravans came by, then join it for the journey across the desert.
They saw the trade caravans as an opportunity for enrichment rather than as a threat.
A trade caravan was hit, in spite of heavy guard.