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HON. W. F. CODY,

Buffalo Bill!

AT

Academy of Music,

ON

SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18.

EIGHTH ANNUAL TOUR

OF THE

Histrionic Government Scout, Military Guide and Indian Fighter,

AND HIS

MAMMOTH COMBINATION,

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

Knight of the Plains!

OR

Buffalo Bill's Best Trial!

Written and dramatized expressly for HON. W. F. CODY, BUFFALO BILL, by the popular author and Dramatist, Col. Prentis Ingraham.

SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY AND INCIDENTS.

ACT I.

Sunset on the prairie -- Red Eagle on the watch-- Ralph Royston 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 cartridge left"--Judge Lynch--Love stronger than revenge--Grand Tableau of the Prairie on Fire.

ACT II.

From the prairie to the parlor--Buttermilk and the Jew--The three villains--The conspiracy--the terrible Jew--The unknown lover--Lord Edmound--stone Howard--From the grave--The shadow in the moonlight--The burglars--Buffalo Bill's death shot--The recognition--The scout on hand--"Take that, sir"--Grand Tableau in Mushbroom Melton's parlor.

ACT III.

The gambling hell in Cheyenne--The eagle bird by chance--Buffalo Bill as a detective--The only way to beat the game. The boy gambler--A match game for high stakes--The scout as a gambler--The pigeon or the eagle--The judge and the green gambler--Poker as an innocent game--Buttermilk and the Indian=="Four ac s and another in the [word]"--The Jew curses the eagle bird--The Judge [word] 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 plays a game with the Jew--The warwhoop--Tableau.

ACT IV.

The pony express rider--The Knights of the Road--the stage horn--Buttermilk and the donkey. The attack on the stage coach "Is there no one to save me?"--The red mask torn off--Wild Nellie to the front--"The Red Eagle's tongue is not crooked"--Rose Melton gives up father for lover--The knife encounter--The lost 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 association 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, the author felt justified in introducing him in roles of other character aside from that of his--Buffalo Bill--as follows:

ACT FIRST

HON. W. F. CODY, the original and only BUFFALO BILL ACT SECOND