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| | MHS Transactions: The journal of Henry Kelsey, 1691-1692 |
 | | Henry Ellis accompanied the expedition as agent for the proprietors, and later, in 1749, published a long account of the voyage, the expedition having returned in 1747 after failing to discover the hoped for north-west passage. |
 | | "Henry Kelsey, a little boy, used to take great delight in the company of the natives, and in learning their language, for which, and some unlucky tricks that boys of spirit are always guilty of, the governor would often correct him with great severity. |
 | | Henry (the nephew) describes the "Stone or Rocky Assiniboines" as inhabiting the country about Thunder Hill, which is adjacent to the head waters of the Red Deer, Swan and Assiniboine Rivers. |
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