"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
Keywords: Accidents American Indians Bellevue Hospital Dakota Indians Septicemia Sioux Nation Tuberculosis
People: Otakte, d. 1890
Place: Germany
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