Sentence:  “Would they could have foretold that my <WSD>caravan</WSD> would have been cut up by the Shinwaris almost within shadow of the Pass!” grunted the Eusufzai agent of a Rajputana trading-house whose goods had been feloniously diverted into the hands of other robbers just across the Border, and whose misfortunes were the laughing-stock of the bazar. “Ohé, priest, whence come you and whither do you go?” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.