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* KENILWOKTH. 443 KENNEBUNK. worth Castle, united to the Crown domains in the reign of Henry IV. and conferred l)y Elizabeth upon Robert Dudlej', Karl of Ix'iccster, ulio here, in 1575, entertained her for seventeen days. E.- tensive remains of tlie castle exist, which are well preserved and much visited. Kcnihvorth Cas- tle is the scene of Walter Scott's famous 'romance, [Kenihiarth, 1821) through which runs the story of Amy Uobsart, Leicester's unacknowledged wife, and of a novel by Ludwig Tieck. Pojiulation. in 1901, 4550. Consult Beck. Kcnihrurlli Castle (Leamington, 1840). KE'NITES. A nomadic tribe of Southern Palc-tiiic, allied to the Kenizzites (Gen. xv. 19) and to the Amalekitcs. Jethro, Moses's father- in-law, is called a Kcnite in Judges i. IG, though elsewhere he is represented as a Midianite (Ex. iii., etc.). From this it may perhaps be inferred tnat the Kenites were included in the more gen- eral designation of Midianites. The close asso- ciation of Kenites with Israelites, as illustrated e.g. by the references in the song of Deborah (Judg. v. 24) is of importance for the recon- struction of the earlier portions of Hebrew his- tory. Even so late a writer as the compiler of Chronicles ])reserves the tradition which prac- tically makes the Kenites a part of the tribe of Judali (I. Chron. ii. 55; cf. I. Sam. xxvii. 10). It is strange that this trilie, which became the bulwark of the Jleluew religion in its more ad- vanced form, should turn out to be comiMwcd of nou-lJehrew elements like the Kenites and Keniz- zites. The results of critical investigations point more and more to a decided inlluencc exerted by Kenites upon the religious thought of the He- brews. KENIZZITES. or KEN'EZITES. One of the grou|i~ of prc-Israclilish inhabitants of Pales- tine named ni (ienc^is xv. 19-21. In Genesis xxxvi. 11. Kenaz (the eiionymous ancestor of the Kenizzites) is enumerated among the Edomite clans, while according to Xum. xxxii. 12. .Jos. xiv. G-14. Caleb (q.v.) appears as a Kenizzite. The relationshi]) between the Caleb and Kenizzite elans is further illustrated by the designation of Othniel (Caleb's son-in-law) as a 'son of Kenaz' (.los. .v. 17; Jud. i. 13; iii. 0-11; I. Chron. iv. 13), though the tradition on this point is some- what liazj". since, according to I. Chron. iv. 15. Kenaz is a grandson of Caleb. Confusing as these various notices are. we may at least con- clude that Kenizzite was the name of an old 'Canaanitish' clan settled in southern Palestine which entered into alliances with Edomitic clans, and also with the clan of .Judah. and became gradually absorbed in this way. The latter tribe, as has been pointed out (see .Ttdaii ) . is marked by the admixture of various non-Hebrew elements and appears to have been far more composite than any of the other Hebrew tribes, though prob- ably none were entirely free fr«m 'Canaanitish' or other elements. KEN'LY, .Tonx Reese (1822—). An Ameri- can soldier, born in I'.altimore, Md. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. but went to the ^Mexican War as lieutenant with a company of volunteers which he had raised, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of major. He entered the Civil War as colonel of the First Maryland Regiment, which, together with some Pennsylvania companies, was captured by Stone- wall Jackson, after hard fighting, at Front Royal on the Shenandoah (May 23, 1862). Kenly him- self was severely wovmded when made prisoner, but his stand had saved General lianks's division at Winchester, and he was raised to the com- mand of a brigade. This he led at Hagerstown, Harper's Ferry, and elsewhere, and at the close of the war he was brcvetted major-general of volunteers. He published his Mexican exi)eri- ences under the title, Memoirs of a Mari/laiid ol- unleer (1873). KEN'NAN, George (1845—). An American journalist and traveler, boni at Xorwalk, (Jhio, Fcliruary Iti, 1845. Kennan was educated in the public schools of his native town and of Cohinibus, Ohio, studied telegraphy, and in De- cember of ISm began his travels by a journey to Kamti-hatka, where he served the Russo- Amcrican Telegraph Company, assisting in ex- j)luring parties in Northeastern Siberia (18(i5- GGj, and superintending telegraph con.struclion in Middle Siberia (18t;G-(8). On the abandon- ment of this enterprise he returned to the Cniled States, but he went back to the Russian Empire in 1870 and explored the ICastern Caucasus. IJaghe- stan, Checlmia, and the course of the Volga to the Caspian; again in 1885-SG he made a Journey of lo.OOO miles tiirough Northern Russia and Siberia, investigating the convict, prison, and e.xile system, and exploring the Russian Altai. These travels were the subject of magazine arti- cles that attracted wide attention. They are col- lected as ,Sibcri(i and the Exile Sj/atcm (1891). Two other hooks are Tent Life in tiiberia (1870) and CaiiijHiiyiiing in Cuba (1898). He was ex- pelled from the Russian Empire while carrying on further social and jjiditical studies there in 1901. In 1902 he went as correspondent for a New York newspaper to the island of ilarti- nique, after the devastating eruptions of Mont Pelee. and climbed the still active volcano. His experiences are described in The Trngvdy of Pelie (New York. 1902). KENNEBEC. The second largest river in Maine. It rises in Jloosehead Lake in the west- central part of the State and flows south into the Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles northeast of Port- land, receiving its principal tributary, the An- droscoggin, 18 miles from its mouth (Map: Maine, D 7). Its length is 150 miles, through which it has a descent of over 1000 feel. It ha.s falls at Augusta, where a dam has been built, at Waterville. and -it three other points above, sup- plying abundant water-power. It flows through a fertile and beautiful region, where considerable lumbering and cattle-raising are carried on. It is navigable for large ships to Bath. 12 miles from the sea, and for steamboats to HallowcU. 40 miles, except in winter, when it is closed by ice above Bath. KEN'NEBUNK. A to i in York County, Maine. 24 miles southwest of Portland ; on the Mousam and Kennebunk rivers, and on the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad (Jlap: Maine, P. 9). It has valuable water-power, and manufactures shoes, twine, lumber, and leatheroid. There is a free circulating library of 3200 volumes. Settled about ]0.">0. Kennebunk was part of Wells until in 1S20 it was incorporated as a sejKirate town- ship. Population, in 1890, 3172; in 1900, 3228. Consult Bourne. Hiftnni of Wellt and Kennebunk to 1S20 (Portland, Maine, 1875).