The days of coureurs des bois ended because the coureurs des bois were bringing to many pelts in so the king set them free
around the 17 hundreds
Runners of the wood.
No. The coureurs de bois wereon there own.
Early 1600's.
"les coureurs des bois"
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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They were there before 1663, but only in small numbers. The Sixties however saw a great increase in immigration to Canada from France and with that, a great increase in the number of coureurs des bois. Their days as free agents came to an end even before 1700, because the French Government decided to regulate this trade and gave trade concessions to big trading houses. This system (the so-called 'congé'-system) put the trade in the hands of the traveling representatives of the trading houses, the voyageurs.
they traded furs, muskets, blankets, brandy and spoons forks knifes and metal plates.
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.