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There are no better horsemen in the world than the Red River "brulés;" and so long as the horse keeps on his legs, the rider sticks to him.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John

Elles émigreront sur les buissons brulés Qui se meurent de soif dans les deserts de sable.

From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio

To hunt the buffalo freely, even on foreign soil, seemed to the bois brulés to be their natural right.

From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Hansen, Marcus L.