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Title: "Kills His Pony" No More
Periodical: New York Journal
Date: June 18, 1890

"KILLS HIS PONY" NO MORE.

One of Buffalo Bills Indian's Dies in Bellevue Hospital.

Otakte, or "Kills His Pony," the Sioux Indian, died in Bellevue Hospital this morning. [1]

"Kills His Pony" was a Dacotah, and had been with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe. Saturday he arrived in this port on the steamship Salle very ill with consumption. [2]

Note 1: Otakte, or Kills His Pony, died the night of June 17-18, 1890. [back]

Note 2: The cause of Otakte's death may have been a combination of tuberculosis and blood poisoning following a fall from his horse while performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Germany. [back]

Title: "Kills His Pony" No More
Periodical: New York Journal
Source: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, MS6.3772.005.07 (Crager scrapbook)
Date: June 18, 1890
Topics: Lakota Performers | Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Germany
Keywords: Accidents | American Indians | Bellevue Hospital | Dakota Indians | Septicemia | Sioux Nation | Tuberculosis
People: Otakte, d. 1890
Places: Germany
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