Coureurs De Bois
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Described, 17, 18; furnished recruits to
militia, 31; summoned to defend the hornwork, 206. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Stir up Indians
against British, 55. (Count Frontenac era) Created by policy of trading companies, 37; two
classes of, 88; Frontenac instructed to repress, 89; twelve captured,
99; one hanged, 100; king's decision respecting, 125; difficulty in
enforcing the law, 127; amnesty granted on certain conditions, 127;
punishments prescribed for offenders, 128. (Bishop Laval era) Mentioned, 158; decree
against, 159. (Sir James Douglas era) Their character, 52. =Bib.=: See General Index, R.
S. C.; Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast; Parkman, Old
Regime.