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The Fur Trade in New France:
Voyageurs and Hired Men

Coureur des bois or Merchant- voyageur
Short and Long Journeys
Distances and Portages
Small Miseries
Taking Risks
Peace and Anxiety
In the Canoes
Broadcloth, Weapons and Tools
Alcohol and Cheap Goods

Native hunter wearing
snowshoes, a gun slung
over his shoulder

Bibliography

Some precautions
Plentiful Game
Glory!
Residents of Montréal and Trois- Rivières
To the West
Document: From Disregard
to Respect
Chronology
Glossary

Last update: August 2, 2001
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