Coureur de Bois, a hunter, trapper, or fur trader in the early days in western North America. The term is French for "runner of the woods." Many coureurs de bois left the settlements of French Canada during the latter part of the 17th century to roam the wilderness, often defying French law by trading without licenses with the Indians for furs. Some made valuable explorations.
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