Coureurs de bois traded with Aboriginal people for furs, and then traded the furs to European merchants for money or goods.
The days of coureurs des bois ended because the coureurs des bois were bringing to many pelts in so the king set them free
Runners of the wood.
When the fur trade first began, First Nations and Inuit people brought the furs to the trading posts. They would arrive by canoe. The furs would be unloaded and traded for goods such as muskets, axes, knives, blankets, whiskey and pots. It was not long before some of the men at the trading posts decided they would go inland and get the fur themselves. These were the people known as the coureurs de bois.
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A lot of them bought trade items to be taken to Africa, to be used in trade for slaves.
Yes, the coureurs de bois were French-Canadian fur traders who operated in the wilderness of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were known for their independence and often operated outside the control of French colonial authorities.
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Many trappers became coureurs de bois or "woods runners" in French.
- Iroquois were hostile to the coureurs de bois because the coureurs de bois were siding with the Huron, when the Iroquois were threatening the hurons, and the Iroquois disliked the hurons.
No. The coureurs de bois wereon there own.
Quite the opposite! The coureurs de bois learned the languages of the First Nations people.
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runner of the woods
Yes they were French!
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the coureurs De bois was a frenchh term for "runners of the wood" thats all i know sorry ;]
they traded furs, muskets, blankets, brandy and spoons forks knifes and metal plates.