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The Prairie Waif

Buffalo Bill with his company arrived in
the city yesterday morning and made a street
parade in the afternoon, which gave our people
a foretaste of the quality of the play
which was presented in the evening at Corinthian
Hall. The Prairie Waif is a
young girl stolen from her father, a
general in the army, and sought by
a Mormon in marriage. An old Indian
her protector, is slaughtered, by the
Mormon element and Buffalo Bill appears
and rescues the girl. The Mormon puts up
a job and gets her again and she oscillates between
them to the end of the play. Bill does
some time shooting in the second act, and scatters
lots of potatoes around. In the fourth
act a grand struggle ensues between the Mormons a
nd their savage allies, and
Buffalo Bill's company of cavalry,
which results in the triumph of the latter,
and the curtain falls. The company is much
better than usually accompanies such shows,
and Buffalo Bill himself has much improved
in his acting. The Indian dance, by simon
pure aborigines, in the fourth act was much
enjoyed, as was also the costumes and scenery,
which was true to nature and very effective.
The play were witnessed by an immense audience
in parquet and gallery, all of whom
were delighted with the show.