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Hortense |
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She used to stay together with Scrooge in Montana, Indonesia and other places. |
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Born:
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Around 1880 in Montana, USA? |
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Died:
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After 1890 |
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First appearance:
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1992 in Lo$, part 3 The Bucharoo of the Badlands. |
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Created by:
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Don Rosa. |
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Description:
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She was a horse. Of nature she was somewhat wild, but Scrooge managed to tame her very well. Don Rosa has also shown that she was very clever. |
The name for Hortense (The Widdow Maker) in some other languages:
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| Danish: |
Hortensia (Enkemageren - means "the widow maker"). |
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| Dutch (in the Netherlands): |
Hortensia (De Weduwemaker). |
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| Finnish: |
Hortensia (Täystuho - means "destroyer"). |
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| French: |
Hortense (Tueuse - means "killer"). |
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| German: |
Dortel (In the German edition she was simply unnamed before Scrooge finally named her). |
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| Italian: |
Ortensia (Acciaccatutti - means "somebody-who-will-hurt-
everybody-but-not-very-
seriously"). |
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| Norwegian: |
Lillegull (Enkesmeden - means "the widow smith"). |
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| Portuguese: |
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| Spanish (in Spain): |
Hortensia (El "Creaviudas" - means "the widow maker"). |
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| Swedish: |
Hortensia (Ödeläggarn - means "the destroyer"). |
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Biography:
Hortense is the horse, by then called "The Widow Maker", on which scrooge was tested when he was to be hired as a Cowboy by Murdo MacKenzie in 1882. The reason Scrooge wasn't thrown of the horse immediately was that his money-belt was hanged up in the saddle. Scrooge tamed her and renamed her Hortense after his youngest sister (he said they had the same bad temper).
In the period from 1882-1885 she followed Scrooge everywhere, first on the Texas-Montana Trail, then to Indonesia and finally back to Montana.
In 1885 Scrooge returned to Scotland in a hurry. Whatever happened to Hortense when Scrooge was absent in the years from 1885 to 1889 is still unknown. One possibility though, is that she stayed with her previous owner and Scrooges former boss, Murdo MacKenzie.
When Scrooge returned to America in 1889 he and Hortense was reunited and appear together in 1890 in The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff.
Hortense has not been seen since Scrooge left his Uncle Angus after the adventure in Bluff. Her further faith is thus unknown.
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