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.



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