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    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...
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    Chillan Jérémie Porsan-Clémenté Gaël Clichy Charles-Édouard Coridon Mathias Coureur Sébastien Crétinoir Jordy Delem Didier Domi Julio Donisa Gaël Germany Joan...
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    that of France, suffered from desertions. Certain soldiers fled to become coureurs de bois. There were few mutinies because repression was severe. The army...
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    Missionary groups arrived in New France after the founding of Quebec City. Coureurs des bois and Catholic missionaries used river canoes to explore the interior...
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    fur trade and the development of relationships with settlers, including coureurs des bois, merchants, cartographers and Jesuit fathers. In addition to contributing...
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