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"Kills His Pony" No More New York Journal New York, N.Y. June 18, 1890 McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West MS6.3772.005.07 (Crager scrapbook)

Texts Newspapers Lakota Performers Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Germany Accidents American Indians Bellevue Hospital Dakota Indians Septicemia Sioux Nation Tuberculosis Otakte, d. 1890 Germany Gaffney, Caitlin N. Initial encoding Adams, Deb and Clark, Linda Proofreading Hanna, Sam Transcription "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. 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.