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Rh etition the legislature of Kentucky to release the claim of the state upon some mountain land owned by him. His appearance excited ridicule, but, on being recognized by Gen. Thomas Fletcher, he was iken to the capitol, seated in the speaker's chair, id introduced to a large assemblv as the secMid great adventurer of the west. His lands were eleased and a pension of $240 was procured for him from congress. He died near the spot where, fifty-eight years previous, he had escaped death at the hands of the Indians. Kenton county, Ky., was named in his honor.

KENYON, James Benjamin, poet, b. in Frankfort, Herkimer co., N. Y., 26 April, 1858. He was lucated at Hungerford collegiate institute, Adams, Y., and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1878. He is at present (1887) stor of the Arsenal street M. E. church in Watertown, N. Y. He has contributed to periodicals, »nd is the author of " The Fallen, and Other Poems" (Utica, 1876); "Out of the Shadows" (Philadelphia: "Songs in All Seasons" (Boston. 1885): and "In Realms of Gold" (New York, 1887).

KENYON, William Asbury, poet, b. in Hingham, Mass., 22 Aug., 1817; d. there, 25 Jan., 1862. He was the son of John Wilder, but for some unknown reason changed his name. He was a journeyman tailor by trade, but taught for a time in Illinois, and travelled widely in the Mississippi valley. His poems were suggested by prairie scenes, and satirize backwoods customs " with more truth than poetry." These were included in "Miscellaneous Poems, to which are added Writings in Prose on Various Subjects" (Chicago. 1845).

KEOGH, James, clergvman, b. in Ennescorthv, County Wexford, Ireland, 4 Feb., 1834; d. in Pitts- burg, Pa., 10 July, 1870. He came to the United States with his parents in 1841, and settled at Pitts- burg, Pa. He was sent to Rome to study in the College of the propaganda, where, in 1851, he was awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy and the gold medal of the faculty for his suc- cessful defence of 120 propositions in natural theology. In 1855 he defended 317 theses from ecclesiastical history and dogmatic theology, and was awarded the degree of D. D. and a gold medal, although he was not eighteen years old. He was ordained priest, 5 Aug., 1856, and soon afterward returned to the United States, where he was as- signed the chaplaincy of St. Xavier's academy and the care of the congregation at Latrobe, where he finished a church. He was appointed professor of dogmatic theology in the diocesan seminary of Glenwood in 1857, and in 1863 became its presi- dent and also editor of the •* Pittsburg Catholic." In 1864 he removed to Philadelphia, where he was made professor of dogmatic theology, Hebrew, Sacred Scripture, and rubrics, in the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo. He acted as secretary to the second plenary council of Baltimore in Octo- ber, 1866, and in the same year became editor of the " Catholic Standard," which post, with his pro- fessorship, he held till 1868. He then returned to Pittsburg on account of failing health. He con- tributed various articles to the " Catholic World," including those on " The Council of Trent " and " The Greek Schism," and delivered lectures, sev- eral of which have been published.

KEOKUK (The Watchful Fox), chief of the united Sacs and Foxes, b. on Rock river, Ill., about 1780; d. in Kansas in June, 1848. He was by birth a Sac, and, although not an hereditary chief, rose to that post by force of talent. He was admitted to the councils of his nation during the period of the war of 1812 with Great Britain because of the

exercise of remarkable bravery and eloquence, as shown in numerous barbaric adventures of which he was the hero, and ever afterward he was regarded as in many respects the foremost brave in the confederacy. His particular privilege, from an early age, as the result of one of his enterprises, was always to appear on horseback in times of tribal ceremony, whether or not his companions were mounted. He was stout, graceful, and commanding in figure, had fine features, and an intelligent expression, and excelled in athletic sports. His power of oratory was of a high order, and remarkable stories are told of his capacity to sway the sentiments of a council. On several occasions he carried with him the votes of a considerable assemblage of his tribe, when every member but himself before his speech had been firmly determined to the contrary. At one time, in May, 1832, he broke in upon a war-dance that his band was holding preparatory to uniting with Black Hawk against the whites, and convinced the warriors in the heat of their fury that the act would be suicidal and must not be undertaken. Keokuk always enacted, for policy's sake, the part of an ardent friend of the whites. In 1832, when Black Hawk (q. v.) took up arms against the Americans, and solicited general co-operation, the energy of Keokuk alone succeeded in keeping the majority of the band on the side of peace, and he lost no opportunity to induce Black Hawk to withdraw from his position before it was too late. When, in August, 1833, Black Hawk returned from his visit as a captive to Washington and the east, he was formally delivered by the U. S. authorities to the custody of Keokuk, who, by the Rock Island treaty of September, 1832, had been officially recognized as the principal chief of the Sacs and Foxes. In 1837 Keokuk, with several village chiefs of his nation, visited Washington, where a peace was arranged between his people and their old-time adversaries, the Sioux. They also made visits to New York, Boston, and Cincinnati, where Keokuk attracted much attention by his uniformly excellent speeches. Black Hawk was with the party, as Keokuk feared to leave the scheming old man at home during his own absence. Keokuk's town during the Black Hawk war was at the foot of the rapids, near the mouth of Des Moines river, the site of the present city of Keokuk, which was named in his honor. The treaty of 1832 gave him a reservation of forty miles square on Iowa river, to which he soon afterward removed. In 1845 he made his final move to Kansas, where three years later he fell a victim to poison, administered by a member of the Black Hawk band. Between this band and his own there had existed a deadly feud.

KEPPEL, George, 3d Earl of Albemarle, British soldier, b. in London, 3 April, 1724; d. 13 Oct., 1772. He entered the army very young, and in