| Late in the 1690s, a bunch of coureurs de bois paddled to New Orleans along with a bunch of Jesuits. |
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| The exploits of the early travellers by canoe, especially the French coureurs de bois, stand among the great adventure stories of all time. |
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| What a shock it must have been when they first glimpsed the coureurs de bois, muddy trails, and crude houses. |
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| Under the control of the fermiers were the coureurs de bois, who ordinarily acted as middlemen by trading directly with the Indians. |
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| The coureurs de bois suggested instead that Frenchmen were becoming Indianized, a worrying development for empire builders. |
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| Some two hundred coureurs de bois were living in Indian country by the end of the century. |
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| The French coureurs de bois, were hunters and traders who depended on the Indians to keep them alive. |
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| Formidable agents of cross-cultural interactions, the coureurs de bois would continue to exert their influence over the course of American history. |
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| The lucrative fur trade promised a quick profit regardless of license and a flood of immigrants from France between 1650 and 1670 caused the ranks of coureurs de bois to swell. |
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| There is an appealing mythology surrounding the coureurs de bois, according to which they enjoyed great freedom and flourished in a harsh wilderness. |
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| French voyageurs and coureurs des bois explored and settled in Michigan in the 17th century. |
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