KEAENY 325 KEELING at the battles of Magenta and Solferino. On the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Kearny hastened home, was ap- pointed brigadier-general of volunteers in May, and exhibited his dashing cour- age in all the battles of the Chicka- hominy campaign. In 1862 (July 4) he was commissioned major-general, and was killed at Chantilly, Sept. 1, follow- ing. KEARNY, STEPHEN WATTS, an American military officer; born in New- ark, N. J., Aug. 30, 1794; left Columbia College to enter the American army as 1st lieutenant in the 13th United States Infantry, in March, 1812; distinguished himself at Queenstown Heights; pro- moted captain in April, 1813; after the war, was promoted through various grades, becoming brigadier-general in 1846. In the Mexican War, commanding the Army of the West, he conquered New Mexico; and establishing a provisional government at Santa Fe he proceeded to California, where, Dec. 6, 1846, he fought the battle of San Pascual, in which he was twice wounded. He took part in the battles of San Gabriel and Plains of Mesa, Jan. 8 and 9, 1847; was governor of California, March to June, 1847; gov- ernor of Vera Cruz, March, 1848 ; of the City of Mexico, May, 1848; brevetted major-general. He wrote "Manual for the Exercise and Manoeuvering of United States Dragoons" (1837); "Organic Law"; "Laws for the Government of New Mexico" (1846). He died in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 31, 1848. KEARSARGE. (1) A mountain 3,250 feet high, situated in Carroll co., N. H. ; (2) a mountain 2,950 feet high, in Merri- mac CO., N. H. KEATS, JOHN, an English poet; born in London, England, Oct. 29, 1795; was apprenticed to a surgeon, but gave way to the ambition of becoming a poet. His first poems published in 1817 made no impression. "Endymion" (1818) and "Lamia" (1820) brought fame, though savagely treated by Clifford in the •Quarterly Review." Keats, already at- tacked by tuberculosis, sought to regain strength in Italy and died in Rome, Feb. 23, 1821. KEBLE, JOHN, an English poet; born in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, April 25, 1792. He was remarkable for great beauty of character. A clergyman of the English Church, he repeatedly refused rich livings from a sense of duty. His great work "The Christian Year" (2 vols., 1827) , which he published anony- mously, had an enormous circulation, and from the profits the author built one of the most beautiful parish churches in England. Died March 27, 1866. KEBLE COLLEGE, one of the colleges of Oxford University, built by subscrip- tion as a memorial of the Rev. John Keble, and incorporated in 1870. The college is a flourishing institution, and has the patronage of about a dozen livings. KEDGE, a small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear from her bower anchor while she rides in a harbor or river, also used in warping her from one part of a harbor to another. KEDRON, or KIDRON, spoken of as a "brook" in the English Bible. It is a gorge close to Jerusalem on the E., run- ning away in the direction of the Dead Sea. KEEL, in botany, (1) the two lower petals of a papilionaceous corolla which adhere by their margins so as somewhat to resemble the keel of a boat; called also carina. (2) The midrib of a leaf or petal, etc., elevated externally. As a nautical term, a low, flat-bottomed vessel used in the river Tyne; a coal-barge. In shipbuilding, the lower longitudinal beam of a vessel, answering to the spine, and from which the ribs proceed. In wooden vessels an additional timber beneath is called the false keel. A sliding keel is a board amidships working in a trunk in the line of the keel, and extending from the bottom to the deck. It is low- ered to prevent a vessel's making leeway when sailing with a side wind. In zoology, a projecting ridge along any sur- face; as, for instance, the back or horns of an animal. KEELEY, LESLIE E., an American physician; born in 1842; was graduated at Rush Medical College in 1864. He founded the Keeley Institute system for the cure of inebriety and the use of nar- cotics, commonly known as the gold or Keeley cure, and was president of the company which bears his name. He died in Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 21, 1900. KEEL-HAUL, or KEEL-HALE, to punish in the seamen's way by dragging the offender under water on one side of the ship and up again on the other by ropes attached to the yard-arms on either side. In small vessels the culprit is drawn under the craft from stem to stern. KEELING, or COCOS, ISLANDS, a group of about 20 small coral atolls in the Indian Ocean, lat. 12° S., and about 500 miles S. W. of Java; pop. (1917) 819. They are covered with cocoanut
