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Kabbalists
227; the "Tree of Life" tattoo-ed on Eskimoff; 318;

Kaffirs
169; "Kaffir" was used in English and Dutch, from the 16th century to the early 20th century as a blanket term for several different peoples of southern Africa. Outside this limited historical context, the word is used today only as a derogatory and offensive term of abuse; Wikipedia entry

Kailash, Mt.
437; a mountain located in far western Tibet that over 22,000 feet. It is the world's most venerated holy place but also the least visited. The sacred site of four religions, fewer than a thousand people make pilgrimage to Kalish every year--the only way to get there is by all-terrain vehicle, and the journey takes weeks, as no planes, trains or buses travel in the region. Mythologically, Kalish is the Axis Mundi, the center and birth place of the world.

Kaiser Wilhelm
367; hair pomade;

Katie
337; waitress in Yew York City restaurant, Schultz's Vegetarian Brauhaus, from Chillicothe, Ohio; aspiring actress, 338;

Katie bar the door
8; The phrase "Katie bar the door!" (also as "Katie bar the gate!"; sometimes written as Katy) is a very American exclamation, more common in the South than elsewhere, meaning that disaster impends—“watch out”, “get ready for trouble” or “a desperate situation is at hand”. From WorldWideWords.org

Keeley Cure
Devised by Leslie Keeley, this was a proprietary system of treatment for the alcohol and opium habits. The Keeley Cure was a forerunner of certain measures adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous. Relying heavily on injections of Bichloride of Gold (a chemical impossibility), it was so well-known in its day that several popular songs, such as an Irish comic song, entitled "The Keeley Cure," parodied it unmercifully. More on Wikipedia

Kellner
525;

Kepler
115;

Khan, Jenghiz
439; in Nuovo Rialto

Khartoum
29;

Khäutsch, Max
47; a captain in the Trabants, and field chief of K&K Special Security, who had "proven himself useful at home as an assassin"

Kieselguhr Kid
171; "notorious dynamiter of the San Juans"; Dynamite, a blasting explosive, was invented in 1867 by Alfred P. Nobel by mixing nitroglycerin with kieselguhr, a porous silica-containing earth, in proportions that left an essentially dry and granular material, producing a solid that was resistant to shock but readily explodable by heat or sudden impact; Webb Traverse?, 214; 361; 370; Frank Traverse, 382;

Kimura, Mr. Shunkichi
29; 318; translated Tsurigane into English, 532;

Kindred, Deuce
193; hired by mine owners to kill Webb Traverse; 261; and Lake Traverse, 260; on the move with Lake, 472;

Kindred, Hope
473; Deuce's sister;

Kipling, Rudyard (1895-1936)
227; "The Great Game"; a British author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, his poems, and his many short stories; "The Great Game," a term usually attributed to Arthur Conolly, was used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. Kipling popularized the term in his novel Kim. Wikipedia entry

Kipperville
348; "Saturday night in..."

Klein, Felix
324;

Klu Klux Klan ("KKK")
7; the name of a number of past and present fraternal organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism; 178; Wikipedia entry

Knott, Professor
531; from the Imperial University of Japan

Kovalevskaia, Sofia
500; Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (also known as Sonia Kovalevsky) (1850-1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician and a student of Karl Weierstrass in Berlin. In 1884, she was appointed professor at Stockholm University, the third woman in Europe to become a professor; Wikipedia entry

Krakatoa
506; Indonesian island group where a volcano erupted in 1883, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history; Wikipedia entry

Kropotkin
373;