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WYSOR'S OPERA HOUSE.

Friday Eve'ng, Oct. 17.

Eighth Annual Tour

Of the Histrionic Government Scout and Military Guide,

Hon. W. F. CODY,

BUFFALO BILL,

AND HIS

MAMMOTH COMBINATION.

In the New and Thrilling Melodrama, in four acts, entitled, The

Knight Plains

Or Buffalo Bill's Best Trail.

Written and dramatized expressly for HON. W. F. CODY, BUFFALO BILL, by the popular Author and Dramatist, COL. PRENTISS INGRAHAM.

SYNOPSIS:

Sunset on the prairie. Red Eagle on the watch. Ralph Rovston lying in wait for his foe. "The white hunter must die." Arrival of Buffalo Bill. The long shot. Friend or Foe. The Indian village. Wild Nellie's warning. The English Lord. The shooting match. the bow and arrow against the rifle. "Nothing like it in all England, you know." The accusation. Denounced. "Not a catridge left." Judge Lynch Love stronger than revenge. Grand tableaux of the prairie on tire.

ACT II.

From the prairie to the parlor. Buttermilk and the Jew. The three villains. The conspiracy. The terrible Jew. The unknown lover. Lord Edmondstone Howard. From the grave. The shadow in the moonlight. The burglars. Buffalo Bill's death knot. The recognition. The scout on hand. "Take that, sir." Grand tableaux in Mushroom Melton's parlor.

ACT III.

The gambling hell in Cheyenne. The eagle bird by chance. Buffalo Bill as detective. The only way to beat the game. The boy gambler. A match game for high stakes. The scent as a gambler. The pigeon or the eagle. The Judge and the green gambler. Poker as an innocent game. Buttermilk and the Indian. "Four aces and another in the pack." The jew curses the eagle bird. the Judge robs the cattle king. The boy gambler draws a revolver. "Pay that bet." The duel. The aim in the mirror. "Is he dead, you know?" The Indian plas a game with the Jew. The warhoop. Tableau.

ACT IV.

The pony express rider. The Knights of the road. The stage horn. Buttermilk and his donkey. The attack on the stage coach. "Is there no one to save me?" The red mask torn off. Wild Nellie in the front. "The Red Eagle's tongue is not crooked. Rose Melton gives up father for lover. The knife encounter. The last shot. "This is fate" Grand Tableau.

The author, in writing this new drama, gives as it were, a mirror reflection of the career of the Histrionic Scout Actor, which his long and intimate associations with Mr. Cody qualifies him to honestly portray from scenes and incidents in the adventurous life of the hero, and appreciating the very great advancement of Mr. Cody since his debut as an actor