| There were the adventurous coureurs de bois who led a roving life in the bush, and the stolid habitants who built homes and cultivated the soil. |
| The exploits of the early travellers by canoe, especially the French coureurs de bois, stand among the great adventure stories of all time. |
| Under the control of the fermiers were the coureurs de bois, who ordinarily acted as middlemen by trading directly with the Indians. |
| 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. |
| Formidable agents of cross-cultural interactions, the coureurs de bois would continue to exert their influence over the course of American history. |
| The French coureurs de bois, were hunters and traders who depended on the Indians to keep them alive. |
