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Runners of the woods is the literal translation of 'coureurs des bois', but they were simply called that because they went largely on foot deep into the Canadian wilderness to trade in beaver pelts.

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The coureur De bois was an independant group, the French tried to develop a closer trading relationship, so the coureur de bois was an independant fur trading business.

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