KEEWATIN". 427 KEIKI. miles. In 1876 a portion of this division of land ■was detached from the Northwest Territories to form the 'District of Keewatin,' which has been increased by subsequent acts to its present area — 756,000 square miles. The country in the interior is rugged, but nowhere attains a high elevation. Among the rivers are the Severn, Nelson, Church- ill, and Great Fish or Back River. The surface is diversified by swamps, patches of good arable land, larger areas of good or sandy soil, lakes, and rivers. The whole southern half of the dis- trict is woodland, the forests being dense and valuable in the south, but more sparse and scrub- by to the north. Spruce, Banksian pine, and aspen poplar are the prevailing varieties of trees. The north is almost wholly barren. Gold and copper have been found in the district. It is rich in fur-bearing animals, which have thus far constituted its sole commercial interest. For governmental purposes the district is attached to Manitoba. It has an extremely rigorous cli- mate, and the few inhabitants are found mainly in the small villages along the west*coast of Hudson Baj- which serve as centres of the fur trade. KEFF, or EL-KEFF, el-kef. A strongly for- tified tovn in the northwestern part of Tunis, about 90 miles southwest of the city of Tunis. It is an important strategic point, and a com- mercial centre, with a considerable trade in grain and olives. It is occupied bj- a French garrison. The town dates from a Pli(eni- cian Xumidian colony which became the Roman Sicca reHcri.5. It contains a ruined temple and several ancient Roman remains, and is tlie seat of a geographical and archaeological society. Population, in 1896, 6500. KEHAMA, ke-ha'ma. The hero of Southey's poem The Curse of Kehama. KEI, ka, or KEY ISLANDS. A group of islands in the eastern part of the Banda Sea, East Indian Archipelaco. situated in latitude 5°-6° S. and about longitude 133° E. (Map: East Indies, H 6). It is composed of the islands of Great Kei and Little Ivei and a number of islets, with a total area estimated at 570 square miles. With the exception of Great Kei, which is mountainous and volcanic, the islands of the group arc low and of coral formation. They are all well wooded and fertile. Tcakwood is found in abundance. The gioup belongs to the Dutch, forming a part of the Residency of Amboyna. Population, in 1805, 22,081, chiefly natives of New Guinea and Malays. KEIFER, ki'fer. Joseph Warren (1836—). An American soldier and politician, born in Clark County. Ohio. He was educated at An- tioeh College, and in 1856 settled in Springfield, Ohio. ^Aliere he began to study law. Two years later he was admitted to the bar; but at the outbreak of the Civil War gave up his practice to accept a commis?;ion as major of the Third Ohio Infantry, and rose to the brevet rank of major-general of volunteers in 1865. During Lee's last campaign General Keifer's troops were among those ■n-hich compelled the surrender of Ewell's corps at Sailor's Creek, and General Keifer received the surrender of Commodore Tucker and the Marine Brigade, which mniibered about 2000 men. At the close of the war he declined a commission as lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty- sixth T'nited States Infantry. He was elected to Vol. XI.— 28. the State Senate in. 1868, held a number of ofBcea in the Grand Army of the Republic, was chosen a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, and the same year was sent to Con- gress, of which body he continued to be a mem- ber until 1883. During the last two years he was Speaker of the House. In 1873 he was elect- ed president of the Lagonda (O.) National Bank. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he was coniimissioned a major-general of volunteers, and for a time commanded the Seventh Corps, encamped near Havana. He wrote Slavery and Four Years of War (2 vols., 1900). KEIGHLEY, keth'Ie. A market and manu- facturing town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the Aire, 8% miles northwest of Bradford (Map: England, E 3). It has impor- tant manufactures of worsted, machines, and paper. A mechanics' institute, opened in 1870, contains a flourishing art school and museum. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal connects it with Hull. Its growth is due to its manufacturing enterprise, and dates largely from its incorpora- tion in 1882. It has three parks, a free library (the gift of Andrew Carnegie), and owns its water, gas, tramw'ays, artisans' dwellings and other house property, baths and wash-houses, a cemetery, supports technical education, and main- tains a. fire brigade and sewage farm. Popula- tion, in 1891, 35,000; in 1901, 41,600. KEIGHTLEY, kit'll, Thomas (1789-1872). An Irish author, born in County Kildare. He was educated at Trinity College. Dublin; settled in London in 1824, and devoted himself to lit- erary work. Among his numerous publications are: Fairrj Mtjiholof/i/ (1828; BoJni's Library, 1850) ; Tales and Popular Fictions (1834) : My- thology of Ancient Greece and Italy (1831): A'ofp-9 on the Bucolics and Gcorijics of ^'irr|il (1846); Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton (1855); Shakespeare Exposition (1807); The Crusaders (1834); and Secret Societies of the Middle Ages (1837). KEIKI, ka'ke, or HlTOT.sUBASni, shtots'bash-i (1837-1902). A Japanese statesman, Shngim of .Japan, and 'the last of the Tycoons.' He was the seventh son of the famous Nariaki. Daimio of !Mito and chief of the party opposed to foreign intercourse when the Towusend Harris Treaty of 1858 forced this issue upon the Yedo Government and the daimios. In his eleventh year Keiki was adopted into the feudal House of Hitotsubashi in Yedo. and at fifteen took the name of Yoshinobu, or, as the Chinese characters representing the name are pronounced, Reiki. Micn the childless Shogim lyesada was looking about for an heir, the candidacy of Keiki was urged by his father and a large following of the daimios, because of his abilities, popularity, and nearness of relationship to the Tokugawa (q.v.) or shogunal family, and because through him they hoped to keep .Tapan isolated from foreign contact, and thus uphold the dignity and sacred- ness of the land, but the Premier li (q.v.) ap- pointed Ivi'mochi. of thn House of Kii : but after the assassination of li. Ki'-iki was appointed the young Shogun's guardian. He arrived in Kioto JIarch 1. 1S63. being expected to lead an army to expel the foreigners from the countr^■, the Emperor also making him chief guardian of his own person, at a time when the Choshiu clans- men were about to attack the citv and carry off
