Coureur des bois
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Description
A coureur des bois or coureur de bois were independent entrepreneurial French Canadian traders who travelled in New France and the interior of North America, usually to trade with First Nations peoples by exchanging various European items for furs. Sometimes they operated in competition with the larger and licensed voyageurs. Some coureur des bois learned the trades and practices of the indigenous peoples, and even went into business with them.
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