- A
coureur des bois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or
coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural:
coureurs de(s) bois) were...
- have
borne the name HMS
Coureur, or HMS Coureuse,
after the
French for "runner" (masculine and feminine, respectively): HMS
Coureur (1778) was a
French lugger...
-
Racing Club de
Strasbourg Alsace,
commonly known as RC
Strasbourg (Alemannic German: RC Stroßburg, German: RC Straßburg; RCS) or
simply just Racing, is...
- of furs and
trade goods. The
coureurs de bois came
before the voyageurs, and
partially replaced them. For
those coureurs des bois who continued, the term...
- too many
coureurs out in the woods. The furs
coming down were
causing an
oversupply on the
markets of Europe. This
challenged the
coureurs trade because...
- that of France,
suffered from desertions.
Certain soldiers fled to
become coureurs de bois.
There were few
mutinies because repression was severe. The army...
- (Nicollet),
Sieur de
Belleborne (1598 – 29
October 1642) was a
French coureur des bois
noted for
exploring Lake Michigan,
Mackinac Island,
Green Bay...
-
Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821) was a French-Canadian and Métis
coureur des bois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain...
- and help the
French adapt to life in
North America.
These men,
known as
coureurs des bois (runners of the woods), were the
first European mushers in North...
-
historical adversaries of the
Iroquois Confederation.
French voyageurs and
coureurs des bois
explored and
settled in
Michigan in the 17th century. The first...
