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Jerry “Ky-yo-Kosi” Potts

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Jerry “Ky-yo-Kosi” Potts

Birth
Montana, USA
Death
13 Jul 1896 (aged 55–56)
Fort Macleod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Fort Macleod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
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NWMP Field of Honour Plot 19
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Legendary hunter, warrior and guide of the Canadian Plains. Lead the North West Mounted Police to notorious whiskey forts and helped them establish Fort MacLeod, the Mounties' first post, in Alberta. A hero to the Blackfoot Confederacy and a NWMP special constable, he taught both sides about the other, helped negotiate treaties, kept the peace.
Legendary hunter, warrior and guide of the Canadian Plains. Lead the North West Mounted Police to notorious whiskey forts and helped them establish Fort MacLeod, the Mounties' first post, in Alberta. A hero to the Blackfoot Confederacy and a NWMP special constable, he taught both sides about the other, helped negotiate treaties, kept the peace.

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SPL/CONST. INTPR.-GUIDE
JERRY POTTS
N.W.M.P.

[NWMP Crest]

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10943/jerry-potts: accessed ), memorial page for Jerry “Ky-yo-Kosi” Potts (1840–13 Jul 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10943, citing Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Find a Grave.