 | Francis Parkmann - 1875 - 512 sidor
...them, there was a fascinating element of adventure and danger. The bush-rangers or coureurs de bois were to the king an object of horror. They defeated...the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. But severity was dangerous. The offenders might be driven over to the English, or converted... | |
 | William Jordan Rattray - 1880 - 300 sidor
...the Hurons was a fascinating element of adventure and danger. The bush rangers or coureu rs ctes bois were to the king an object of horror. They defeated...after edict was directed against them ; and more than ouce the colony presented the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of its young men tunied into... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1882 - 478 sidor
...them, there was a fascinating element of adventure and danger. The bush-rangers or coureurs de bois were to the king an object of horror. They defeated...the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. But severity was dangerous. The offenders might be driven over to the English, or converted... | |
 | William Wickliffe Johnson - 1882 - 284 sidor
...led to want of discipline and order. Edicts were directed against them, and more than once the little Colony presented the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of its young men turned into couriers de bois, or forest outlaws. A year or two of bushranging spoiled them for civilization, though... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1885 - 472 sidor
...escaped from the control of intendants, councils, and priests, to the savage free1 On the fur trade the documents consulted are very numerous. The following are the most important : Mfmoire sur ce qui concern?, le Commerce da Castor et ses dfpendances, 1715 ; Mfmoire eoncernant le Commerce de Traite... | |
 | William Barrows - 1887 - 460 sidor
...from the control of intendants, councils, and priests, to the savage freedom of the wilderness. . . . Edict after edict was directed against them ; and...the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. . . . Their plan was to be absent four years, in order that the edicts against them might... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1897 - 350 sidor
...there was a fascinating element of adventure and danger. The bushrangers, or cmircurs de lois, Avère to the King an object of horror. They defeated his...out1 On the fur-trade the documents consulted are тегу numerous. The following are the most important : Me'mi-ire sur re qui concerne le Commerce... | |
 | 1900 - 610 sidor
...bring the trade to the home of the colonists. "The bush-rangers, or coureurs-de-bois" says Parkman, " were to the king an object of horror. They defeated...the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of the young men turned into forest outlaAvs. But seventy was dangerous. The offenders might be driven... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1900 - 546 sidor
...escaped from the control of intendants, councils, and priests, to the savage free1 On the fur trade the documents consulted are very numerous. The following are the most important : Mfmoire lur ce qui concerns le Commerce da Castor et ses de~pendances, 1716 ; Ale'moire concernant le Commerce... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1910 - 356 sidor
...them, there was a fascinating element of adventure and danger. The bushrangers, or coureurs de bois, were to the King an object of horror. They defeated...very numerous. The following are the most important : Mfmi'ire sur ce gui concern* It Commerce du Cottar et ses dfpendances, 1715 ; Mfmoire concernant... | |
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The bush-rangers, or coureurs de hois, were to the King an object of horror. They defeated his plans for the increase of the population, and shocked his native instinct of discipline and order. Edict after edict was directed against them; and more than... 
