They were accompanied by 200 local porters and several climbing Sherpas. Horses, donkeys, yaks, and dozens of local porters provided transport. He also had a reputation for bullying people such as porters and waitresses. British colonists recruited mercenaries as porters and guides. Kitchen assistants are of two types, kitchen-hands and stewards/ kitchen porters. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) used children as soldiers, messengers, cooks, porters and suppliers. This included work as porters and caravan guards. Slave women worked as weavers, pressers, millers, and porters. The majority of Pullman Porters were African Americans. The beers with higher gravities were called "Stout Porters". Early London porters were strong beers by modern standards. The company hired African-American freedmen as Pullman porters. Kim, aided by some porters and villagers, helps to rescue the lama. De Soto seized Indians to serve as guides and porters. The Pullman Company was also noted for its porters.