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THE SCOUTS PROGRAMME

FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ORIGINAL

Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack,
Ned Buntline and M'lle Morlacchi

Ned Buntline's Sensational Drama of
SCOUTS OF THE PRAIRIE

BUFFALO BILL- By the original hero....................................Hon. W. F. CODY
TEXASJACK-By the original hero......................................J. B. OMOHUNDRO
CALE DURG ....................NED BUNTLINE
Mormon Ben....................Mr. Wentworth
Phellm O'Laugherty....................Harry Gilbert
Carl Pretzel...................Walter Fletcher
Hazel Eye.....................Senorita Eloe Carfano

INDIANS.
Wolf Slayer (especially engaged for this part)......W.F. Fleming
Little Bear.....................Geo. Beach
Big Eagle....................W.H. Ferris
Ar-fi-a-ka........... \ / ...Grassy Chief

As-ge-tes.............		...Prairie Dog
As-sin-ah-wa.......		...Water Chief
Te-co-tic-pown...	..Pawnee Indian Chiefs..	...Big Elk
Kit-kot-tous........		...Great River

DOVE EYE...............M'LLE MORLACCHI
Natolah...................Mrs. Beach

SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY AND INCIDENTS
ACT 1.—Scene I.—One the Plains. Cale Durg, the trapper. Arrival
of Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. Story of the hunt. A warning
from Dove Eye. Danger. "We'll wipe the red skins out." Off on
the trail. The war-whoop.

SCENE II.—The Renegade's camp. Mormon Ben. Phelim O'Laugherty
and Pretzel. O'Laugherty continued drouth. Danger to Hazel Eye.

SCENE III.—Hazel Eye's poetic tribute to Cale Durg. Hazel Eye
surprised. Cale Durg to the rescue. The Renegade foiled. Wolf
Slayer, the treachourous Ute. Cale Durg overpowered. Search for the bottle. Cale Durg's temperance rhapsody.

SCENE IV.— Doomed to the torture post. Dove Eye's appeal to the
chief. "Death to the Pale Face." Then burn, ye cursed dogs, burn.
The blazing faggots. Dove Eye's knife. The severed bonds. Cale
Durg defiant. "We'll fight ye all." Timely arrival. Buffalo Bill and
Texas Jack. "Death to the Red Skins." Rescue of Cale Durg.

ACT II.— SCENE I— Mormon Ben, Pretzel and Phellm O'Laugherty.
O'Laugherty declasires he is not a Mormon. The meeting with
the Indians. What Mormon Ben wanted. What O'Laugherty wanted.
Wolf Slayer's disdain of fire water. "It's the curse of the Red Man
as well as the White." The departure of the Indian for the war-path.
Dove Eye's invocation to the Great Spirit.

SCENE II.— Dove Eye and Hazel Eye, the two friends. Buffalo
Bill declares his love. It is reciprocated. Texas Jack arrives
and interrupts the meeting. "The Indians are coming." Buffalo Bill
and Jack retire to ambush. How Jack ropes them in. "Buffalo Bill."
"That's the kind of a man I am." How they scalp 'em on the plains.

SCENE III.— Phellm O'Laugherty and Montezuma, the Apache
child of Cochise. Cale Durg to the Rescue. God's Beverage. Love
Scene between Texas Jack and Hazel Eye.

SCENE IV.— The Search for Hazel Eye. "The Cage is here, but
the Bird has flown." The Trail. The Search and Capture of the Forest
Maidens. Dove Eye's contempt for the Renegades. Cale Durg
arrives upon the Scene. "Fly, Fly, your enemies are too many." Cale
Durg never Runs. The Capture and Death of Cale Durg. "The Dying
Curse." The Trapper's Last Shot.

ACT III. —SCENE I.— Dove Eye and Hazel Eye. Grief for Cale
Durg. Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. Bill's Oath of Vengeance, "I'll
not leave a Redskin to skim the Prairie." Dove Eye Dejected. The
White Girl and Red Maiden's affections. "We'll be Sisters." Revenge
for the Slain Trapper. Vengeance or Death.

SCENE II.— The German Trader. The Loss of the Bottle. Carl
Pretzel's Agony.

SCENE III.— The Scalp Dance. Eagle and Wolf Slayer. "I Come
to Kill you." The Knife Fight. Death of Wolf Slayer.

SCENE IV.— Phellm and Mormon Ben on their last legs. No prospect
for the fiftieth wife, or a replenished bottle.

SCENE V.— Dove Eye's faith in Manitou. The Indians. Buffalo
Bill's red hot reception. "Give it to them, boys." One Hundred Reds
for one Cale Durg. The American Scout Triumphant. Great Heavens
the PRAIRIE ON FIRE.

THE SCOUTS PROGRAMME

FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ORIGINAL

Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack,
Ned Buntline and M'lle Morlacchi

Ned Buntline's Sensational Drama of
SCOUTS OF THE PRAIRIE

BUFFALO BILL- By the original hero....................................Hon. W. F. CODY
TEXASJACK-By the original hero......................................J. B. OMOHUNDRO
CALE DURG ....................NED BUNTLINE
Mormon Ben....................Mr. Wentworth
Phellm O'Laugherty....................Harry Gilbert
Carl Pretzel...................Walter Fletcher
Hazel Eye.....................Senorita Eloe Carfano

INDIANS.
Wolf Slayer (especially engaged for this part)......W.F. Fleming
Little Bear.....................Geo. Beach
Big Eagle....................W.H. Ferris
Ar-fi-a-ka........... \ / ...Grassy Chief

As-ge-tes.............		...Prairie Dog
As-sin-ah-wa.......		...Water Chief
Te-co-tic-pown...	..Pawnee Indian Chiefs..	...Big Elk
Kit-kot-tous........		...Great River

DOVE EYE...............M'LLE MORLACCHI
Natolah...................Mrs. Beach

SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY AND INCIDENTS
ACT 1.—Scene I.—One the Plains. Cale Durg, the trapper. Arrival
of Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. Story of the hunt. A warning
from Dove Eye. Danger. "We'll wipe the red skins out." Off on
the trail. The war-whoop.

SCENE II.—The Renegade's camp. Mormon Ben. Phelim O'Laugherty
and Pretzel. O'Laugherty continued drouth. Danger to Hazel Eye.

SCENE III.—Hazel Eye's poetic tribute to Cale Durg. Hazel Eye
surprised. Cale Durg to the rescue. The Renegade foiled. Wolf
Slayer, the treachourous Ute. Cale Durg overpowered. Search for the bottle. Cale Durg's temperance rhapsody.

SCENE IV.— Doomed to the torture post. Dove Eye's appeal to the
chief. "Death to the Pale Face." Then burn, ye cursed dogs, burn.
The blazing faggots. Dove Eye's knife. The severed bonds. Cale
Durg defiant. "We'll fight ye all." Timely arrival. Buffalo Bill and
Texas Jack. "Death to the Red Skins." Rescue of Cale Durg.

ACT II.— SCENE I— Mormon Ben, Pretzel and Phellm O'Laugherty.
O'Laugherty declasires he is not a Mormon. The meeting with
the Indians. What Mormon Ben wanted. What O'Laugherty wanted.
Wolf Slayer's disdain of fire water. "It's the curse of the Red Man
as well as the White." The departure of the Indian for the war-path.
Dove Eye's invocation to the Great Spirit.

SCENE II.— Dove Eye and Hazel Eye, the two friends. Buffalo
Bill declares his love. It is reciprocated. Texas Jack arrives
and interrupts the meeting. "The Indians are coming." Buffalo Bill
and Jack retire to ambush. How Jack ropes them in. "Buffalo Bill."
"That's the kind of a man I am." How they scalp 'em on the plains.

SCENE III.— Phellm O'Laugherty and Montezuma, the Apache
child of Cochise. Cale Durg to the Rescue. God's Beverage. Love
Scene between Texas Jack and Hazel Eye.

SCENE IV.— The Search for Hazel Eye. "The Cage is here, but
the Bird has flown." The Trail. The Search and Capture of the Forest
Maidens. Dove Eye's contempt for the Renegades. Cale Durg
arrives upon the Scene. "Fly, Fly, your enemies are too many." Cale
Durg never Runs. The Capture and Death of Cale Durg. "The Dying
Curse." The Trapper's Last Shot.

ACT III. —SCENE I.— Dove Eye and Hazel Eye. Grief for Cale
Durg. Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. Bill's Oath of Vengeance, "I'll
not leave a Redskin to skim the Prairie." Dove Eye Dejected. The
White Girl and Red Maiden's affections. "We'll be Sisters." Revenge
for the Slain Trapper. Vengeance or Death.

SCENE II.— The German Trader. The Loss of the Bottle. Carl
Pretzel's Agony.

SCENE III.— The Scalp Dance. Eagle and Wolf Slayer. "I Come
to Kill you." The Knife Fight. Death of Wolf Slayer.

SCENE IV.— Phellm and Mormon Ben on their last legs. No prospect
for the fiftieth wife, or a replenished bottle.

SCENE V.— Dove Eye's faith in Manitou. The Indians. Buffalo
Bill's red hot reception. "Give it to them, boys." One Hundred Reds
for one Cale Durg. The American Scout Triumphant. Great Heavens
the PRAIRIE ON FIRE.