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See Cuttack. Kuttenberg (köt'ten-berg), Bohem. Hora Kut ná (hō'rä köt'nä). A town in Bohemia, 39 miles east by south of Prague. Its lead-mines were long noted for their production of silver. Popu lati on (1890), commune, 13,563. Kutus off, or Kutuzoff (kö-tö zof), Mikhail, Prince Smolen Born Sept. 16, 1745: died at Bunzlau, Pru ia, April 28, 1813. A Ru ian field-marshal. He served in the Turkish and Napoleonic wars; commanded at Austerlitz Dec. 2, 1805; succeeded Barclay de Tolly as commander-in-chief in 1812; commanded at Borodino in 1812; and was victorious at Smolensk Nov., 1812. Kuty (kö'tē). A town in Galicia, Austria-Hun gary, situated on the Czeremosz in lat. 48° 16′ N., long. 25° 10′ E. Population (1890), commune, 6,353. Kuvera (kö-vā'ra). [Skt.: said to be from ku , what a (interrogative and depreciative), and vera , body ody (in reference to his ugline ).] ugline ).] In Hindu mythology, originally, the chief of the evil beings dwelling dwelling in darkne , a sort of Pluto; Kyzikos Kwatami (kwä-tä'mē), or Sixes (siks'ez). A village of the Pacific division of the At hap as can stock of North American Indians, formerly on Sixes Creek, Oregon, now on the Siletz reser. vation, Oregon. See At hap as can . Kweichow (kwi-chou'), or Kui-chau. A province of China, bounded by Szechuen on the north, Hunan on the east, Kwangsi on the later, later, the god of riches and the regent of the south, south, and Yunnan on the west. Area, 64,554 northern quarter. His city is Alaka in the Himalaya, square miles. Pop. (1896), est., 4,841,000. and his garden Chaitraratha on Mount Mandara. He was Kwichpak. See Yukon . half-brother of Ravana, and once po e ed the city of Kwiliute. See Quileute. Lanka in Ceylon, from which he was driven by Ravana. He is represented as white and deformed, having three Kwilu, or Kuilu (kwe'lö). A river in the IMG:content-0681.png:[ocr errors] Kuyp. See Cиур . Kuyunjik (kö-yön-jēk'). A village and a mound of ruins on the site of ancient Nineveh, which in the reign of Sennacherib (705-681 в. с.) was the capital of As syria, and remained such until its destruction in 608 B. c.: the Mespila of Xenophon. It represents the northern quarter of Nineveh. It lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris, nearly opposite to the modern Mosul. Opposite to it lies the other French Kongo, Africa. Kwokwoos. See Kusan . Kworatem (kwō'rä-tem). A division of the Quorate an stock of North American Indians, embracing the Ehnek, Ikwanek, Opigoi, and Shiwo bands or villages on Salmon River, northwestern California. The name is also applied by the natives to the river. See Quorate an. Kyaxares. See Cyaxares . mound of ruins Nebbi Yunus, representing the southern Kybele. See Cybele. as "the Library of As urban i pal." See Nineveh . Kyd (kid), Thomas. Lived in the latter half of the 16th century. An English dramatist. He wrote usually on bloodcurdling subjects, and is best known by his two plays, "The First Part of Jeronimo or Hieronimo, etc.," published in 1605, and "The Spanish Tragedy" (licensed 1592, printed 1599 and 1602), written after the other, though purporting to precede it. He also translated Garnier's "Pompey the Great," known "Cornel i a," and wrote quarter of Nineveh. Between them flows the Chosr, an auxiliary river of the Tigris. Sir Henry Layard, English amba ador at Constantinople, discovered in Kuyunjik, 1852, the largest A yrian palace thus far known (the so called southwest palace of Sennacherib, which contained 71 rooms); and Hormuzd Ra am, 1854, the north palace of As urban i pal, with the great collection of engraved tablets Kwafi (kwä'fe). An African tribe, ethnically allied and conterminous with the Masai, but not on friendly terms with them. Like the Masai, they are split into clans, and are warlike, nomadic, and pagan. They are called Wakwafi by the Bantu tribes. Kwakiutl (kwä-ke-ötl'). Originally, the name of a single tribe of North American Indians, in gedy, and "Cornel i a" is a model of stately dullne . Saints bury , Hist. of Elizabeth an Lit., p. 74. the northeastern part of Vancouver Island; now, a collective name given to three tribes of the Haeltzuk division of the Wakashan stock namely, the Kwakiutl proper, Walis-kwakiutl, and Kueha. In 1885 the Kwakiutl proper numbered 65; the Walis-kwakiutl, 48. See Hael tzuk , 1. IMG:content-0682.png:[ocr errors] poverty in 1595. The well-known epithet of Jonson, "sporting" Kyd, seems to have been either a mere play on the poet's name, or else a lucus a non lucendo ; for both "Jeronimo" and its sequel are in the ghastliest and bloodiest vein of tra Kydonia. See Cydonia . Kyffhäuser (kif'hoi-zer). A mountain and castle in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Germany, 31 miles north-northwest of Weimar. According to tradition it is the sleeping-place of Frederick Barb a ro a. Height, 1,395 feet. Kwakwa (kwä'kwä), also called Avekvom. A Kygani, or Kaigani. See Skittagetan . Nigritic tribe of the Ivory Coast, West Africa, Kyle (kil). The central district of Ayrshire, between Liberia and A shanti, in the French Scotland, between the Doon and the Irvine. sphere of influence. Like the Kru-men, they Kyme. See Cumæ. are muscular and bold sailors. Kwalhiokwa (kwäl-he-ō'kwä). A tribe of the Pacific division of the At hap as can stock of North American Indians, formerly on Will opah River, Washington, near the Lower Chinook Indians: often confounded with the Owilapsh or Whilpah. See At hap as can . Kwangsi (kwäng-se'). A province of southern China, bounded by Kweichowand Hunan on the north, Kwangtung on the east, Kwangtung and Tongking on the south, and Yunnan on the west. Area, 78,250 square miles. Population, 5,151,327. Kwangtung (kwäng-töng'). A province of