Koitsenko

One was Satank who died while being taken to trial for the Warren Wagon Train Raid.

The Koitsenko were elected out of the various military societies of the Kiowa, the "Dog Soldiers."

[1] There were six warrior societies in the Kiowa Tribe during the plains nomad years.

The most skilled members and elite of all the warriors out of all the societies of every branch of the Kiowa were the Koitsenko.

Referred to by other tribes as "dog soldiers," these men were willing to lay down their lives in defense of the Kiowa people.

Satank, wearing the badge of the Koitsenko order, a leather strap, over his shoulder. [ 5 ] Portrait by William S. Soule , 1870.