voyageurs

He in turn hired workers who were called voyageurs.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He in turn hired workers who were called voyageurs.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

There they had commenced their canoe voyage -- in other words became "voyageurs" -- for such is the name given to those who travel by canoes through these wild territories.

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

There they had commenced their canoe voyage -- in other words became "voyageurs" -- for such is the name given to those who travel by canoes through these wild territories.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

_Esparcette_ occurred universally, and among the plants on the river I noticed, for the first time during this journey, a few small bushes of the _absinthe_ of the voyageurs, which is commonly used for firewood, (_artemesia tridentata_.)

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

They were widgeons; but the most singular thing that was now observed by our voyageurs was the terms upon which these three kinds of birds lived with each other.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

They were widgeons (_Anas Americana_); but the most singular thing that was now observed by our voyageurs was the terms upon which these three kinds of birds lived with each other.

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

53 The place name “Ozarks” derives from the French Aux Arcs, which was a slang word among voyageurs for the place of the Arkansas Indians, whose name in turn was an Indian slang word for the people who called themselves Quapaw and lived near the Arkansas River.54

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

53 The place name “Ozarks” derives from the French Aux Arcs, which was a slang word among voyageurs for the place of the Arkansas Indians, whose name in turn was an Indian slang word for the people who called themselves Quapaw and lived near the Arkansas River.54

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Frenchmen with Indian women there grew up in Canada a large class of half-breed "voyageurs" (travelers) and "coureurs de bois"

French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson