KJANG'-SI, or KIANG'-SEE, a province of China, between lat. 31° and 35° n. and long. 116° and 122' 0., bounded by the Yellow sea on the e., and landward by the provinces of Shang-Toon, Ho-Nan, Ngau-Hoei, and Che-Kiang; 44,500 sq.m.•, pop. 38,000,000. It is one of the most fertile regions of China. The surface is level, abound ing in marshes, lakes, rivers, and canals. It exports more of both silk and rice than, any other province in the empire. Hungtsih, the largest lake, is about 200 m. in cir cumference. The inhabitants are among the most intelligent of the Chinese people. Capital, Nanking.
KICKAPOOSc a tribe of North American Indians belonging to the comprehensive Algonquin family, formerly inhabited the region about the upper Mississippi, whence they gradually moved down into Illinois, and settled about the 1Vabash and Rock rivers: They were hostile to the English during the early settlement of the country, and on the -outbreak of the revolution supported the colonists for a time, but at length turned .against them, and a state of war continued until 1792, in which gen. Scott took an impor tant part. In 1811 the Kickapoos fought with Tecumseh against gen. Harrison, and the outbreak of the war with England they assumed the offensive, but were defeated 'by Zachary Taylor at fort Harrison. Treaties made in 1815-16 ceded a large portion of
their lands, and the U. S. government procured their removal and settlement on the Osage river, paying them $2,000 a year for 15 years for their own lands. Here for a few years, there was established a degree of civilization, missionaries of various denom inations making every effort to educate and cultivate this troublesome tribe. But the predatory and savage instincts of the Kickapoos soon resumed the ascendency, and their warriors went out killing and horse-stealing, making descents upon Texas and other Mexican states, and at length even turning upon the U. S Indian agents, one of whom they murdered in 1854. They were then removed to a reservation in Atchison co., Kansas. A considerable number of individuals of the tribe eventually settled down on .separate holdings, and became farmers and citizens; the remainder went into Mexico, where they lived by raids over the frontier for booty. In 1873 the number of Kicka poos on the Kansas reservation was about 300, about 1000 being in Mexico.