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See Khairpur. Kickapoo (kik'a-pö). [Pl., also Kickapoos .] A tribe of North American Indians, formerly of the Ohio valley, and prominent in the history of the region to the end of the War of 1812. In 1852 many went to Texas and afterward to Mexico, and in 1873 some were brought back and settled in the Indian Terri tory. Their number at present (1894), both in the United States and Mexico, is estimated at 762. The name means 'smooth,' i. e. without rapids or obstructions, and is applied to rivers. See Algonquian . Kidd (kid), Captain William. Born probably at Greenock, Scotland: hanged at Execution Dock, London, May 23, 1701. A notorious pirate. In 1695, on the recommendation of Robert Living stone, a colonist, Richard Coote, earl of Bellamont, governor of Ma achusetts Bay, placed Kidd in command of a privateer with a special commi ion to suppre piracy. Bellamont, Orford, Somers, Romney, and Shrews bury were to pay the greater part of the cost. His ship, the Adven ture, sailed from Plymouth for New York, May, 1696, and from New York to Madagascar. It was soon reported, however, that Kidd had become a pirate himself, and when he returned to Boston, July, 1699, he was arrested. He pretended that he had been overpowered by his crew, and that acts of piracy had been committed against his will, and that other ships had been taken under French pa es. He failed, however, to give a satisfactory account of the Queda Merchant, his last prize, Kidd and several of his crew to England, and May, 1700, were tried at the Old Bailey and executed. A portion of the Queda Merchant's treasure was buried on Gardiner's Island, New York, and is popularly supposed never to have been recovered, but was removed by the colonial authorities in 1699. Kidder minster (kid'ér-min-ster). A town in Worcesters hire, England, situated on the Stour 16 miles southwest of Birmingham. It is noted for the manufacture of carpets. The town is a ociated with Richard Baxter. Population (1891), 24,803. Kidnapped. A novel by R. L. Stevens on, published in 1886.