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Mentioned by Capt. John Smith in 1616 

 and visitetl by Druillettes in 1646. 

 Kenebec— Maurault, Hist. Abenakis, 120, IStiO. 

 Kenebecka.— Smith (l(i29), Hi.st. Va., ll, 177, 1819. 

 Kenebeke. — Ibid., 183. Kinibeki. — Jes. Rel. (1647), 

 Thwaites ed., xx.\i, 189, 1898. 



Kennebunker. A word local in the Maine 

 luml)ering regions, defined ( Dialect Note.s, 

 390, 1895) as a "valise in which clothes 

 are put by lumbermen when they go into 

 camp for a 'winter operation.'" This 

 term, of quite recent origin, has been 

 formed, with the English suttix -er, from 

 Kennebunk, a river and port in Maine; de- 

 rived from the Passamaquoddy or a close- 

 ly related dialectof Algonquian, probably 

 signifying ' at the long water. ' ( a. f. c. ) 



Kenozhe [Kmozha", 'pickerel'). A 

 gens of the Chippewa. Cf. Keinouche. 

 Ke-noushay. — Warren (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., V, 44,1885 (trans, 'pike'). Ke-no-zha.— Tan- 

 ner, Narrative, 314, 1830 ('pickerel'). Ke-no'- 

 zhe.—M orpin, Anc. Soc, l(i6, 1877 ('pike'). 

 Kinoja". — Wm. Jones, inf n, 1906. 



Kenta (probably from khifa', 'field', 

 'meadow.' — Hewitt). A Tuscarora vil- 

 lage in North Carolina in 1701. — Lawson 

 (1714), Carolina, 383, 1860. 



Kentanuska. A Tuscarora village in 

 North Carolina in 1701. — Lawson (1714), 

 Carolina, 383, 1860. 



Kente [kent'a', 'field', 'meadow'). A 

 Cayuga village existing about 1670 on 

 Qninte bay of L. Ontario, Ontario. 

 Kante.— Bruyas (1673) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 

 .792, 1855. kente.— Frontenac (1673), ibid., 96. 

 Kentsia. — Honiann Heirs' map, 1756. Kentsio. — 

 Lotter, map, ca. 1770. Quente. — La Honton. New 

 Voy., I, 32, 1703. ftuintay.— Frontenac (1672), op. 

 cit., 93. Quinte.— Doc. of 1698 in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hi.st., IX, 681, 1855. 



Kenunimik. An Ikogmiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage on the right bank of the lower Yukon, 

 Alaska (Coast Surv. chart, 1898), 15 ni. 

 above Andreafski. Perhaps the same as 

 Ankachak. 



Keokuk (K'njokag^^, 'one who^^movts 

 about alert' ). A Sauk leader, a member 

 of the Fox clan, born on Kock r., 111., 

 about 1780. He was not a chief by birth, 

 but rose to the command of his people 

 through marked al>ility, force of charac- 

 ter, and oratorical power. His mother is 

 said to liave been half French. At an 

 early age he was a member of the Sauk 

 council, which he graced, but at first 

 played only a subordinate role therein. 

 He stepped into prominence later on 

 when he was made tribal guest-keeper. 

 While holding this office he was supplied 

 at tribal expense with all the means of 

 rendering hospitality, and played the part 

 of a genial host with such pleasing effect 

 that his lodge became a .center for all 

 things social and political. Quick to see 

 the possibilities of this oflice he made use 

 of the opportunity to fiu'ther his own 

 ambitions. 



Keokuk was well aware of the fact that 

 the rigid social organization of his peo- 

 ple offered a barrier to the realization of 



his cherished desire," which was to be- 

 come the foremost man of his tribe. Con- 

 trary to the manner of men of his train- 

 ing, environment, and tradition, he had 

 no scruples against doing away with a 

 practice if thereby he might reap profit 

 for himself; andhe worked his will against 

 custom, not in an open, aggressive way, 

 but by veiled, diplomatic methods. lie 

 was continually involved in intrigue; 

 standing always in the background, he 

 secretly played one faction against an- 

 other. In time he became the leading 

 councilor in the Sank assembly, and en- 

 joyed great popularity among his people. 

 But the situation assumed a different as- 

 jiect when the troul)led period of the so- 

 I'alled Black Hawk war arrived. The 

 immediate cause of this conflict grew out 



of an agreement first entered into between 

 the Government and a small band of Sauk 

 who, under their leader Kwaskwamia, 

 were in winter camj) near the trading post 

 of St Louis. By this compact the Sauk 

 were to give up the Rock River country. 

 As soon as the agreement became noised 

 abroad among all the Sauk there was 

 strong opposition, particularly to the form 

 in which it had been made. Throughout 

 the affair Keokuk assumed so passive an 

 attitude that he lost at once both social 

 and political prestige. Those of the Sauk 

 who favored an appeal to arms then 

 turned to a man of the Thunder clan, 

 Black-big-chest, known to the whites un- 

 der the name of Black Hawk (q. v. ), who 

 became their leader. Just at this critical 



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