| 17CINCINNATI,
The Scouts at Pike's Opera House,
Ned Buntline and his scouts, Buffalo Bill --
or "Boefalo Bull," as the Dutch Comedian
calls him - and Texas Jack have been
crowding Pike's Opera House nightly during
the week. They perform in a sensational
drama written by Ned Buntline, entitled
"The Scouts of the Prairie." It is
chock full of "Injuns," tomahawks, bucksink,
moccasins, bead work, war clubs, paint
dances, death songs, feathers, scalps and
scalping knives. The play opens with
a scene on the Plains. There isn't a
great deal seen on the Plains, but there is
probably as much seen in this scene as is
seen in any other like scene. Ned
Buntline comes on in a buckskin suit and
long rinlets of supernaturally black hari.
He represents Cale Durg the trapper, although
he has no "traps" about him except
a rile and a knife or two. he
talks to his rilfe and calls it his
"trusty friend." It is a good thing to
have a trusty friend, particulary when yo
want "trust." Cale wonders were his
comrades Buffalo Bill and Texas jack are
tarrying, although he left them in the dresssing-room
a few minutes before, and
he knows it. The scouts at length arrive - they
relate a wonderous story of a hunt, and in
the midst of it "Dove Eye," a noble red
girl, daughter of a hostile chief, comes on and
warns . them they are in danger. Wolf Slayer
is on their trail. He couldn't get on her
trail for she don't war any, short dresses
being her weakness. The scouts . delcare
they will "wipe the red-skins out," and then
disappear with a war-whoop. Dove Eye
disappears in a war-hoop-skirt.
Scene second represents the renegades,
camp. The renegades came there. Mormon
Been is the boss renegade. He has
forty-nine wives in Utah, and wants the
fiftieth before he can die happy. Ben's
companions are Carl Preztel, a Dutchman,
who sings a capital song, and a boozy
Irishman, who is continually hunting
a drink. The author of the play,
who is a strict totaly abstienence man, employs
this character very frequently as a text
for a temperance lecutre, which is quite
effective sometimes. Three young men
who sat near us the other night, were so
much affected by one of these lectures that
they went out and got a drink. A few
words spoken in season do a great deal of
good frequently - to Doc. Hickey.
Hazel Eye (Morlacchi) Comes on in the
third scene and recites a poem to the effect
that Cale Durg was "born in March," during
a particularly severe portion of that
tempestuous month, as was likely
to durg out in March finally. it was
very "durgey." At the conclusion of
the peom, which was rendered with
no inconsiderable power, Hazel Eye is Suprised
by the Indians, which is not surprising
under the circumstances, and after a
hard fight on her part, and the orchestra
has a severe tussle with their insturments,
Hazel Eye is overpowered and
bound for over thrity days. Cale bursts in
at this crisis, and fights them all single-handed.
But the contest is too unqueal.
Cale is made a prisoner and bound to the
stake. (We have seen men bound to the st
steak very often before, but they were
bound to their dinner.) The Indians circule
around him, singing the Death Song. They
are going to cook him. Oven wood is
brought in for that purpose, and heaped
about his moccasins. We have sins
to answer for, but we wouldn't want to
answer for those mocca-sins if the fire gets
started. Durg, who isn't one big frightened,
knowing very well how the play is coming
out, calls them "Injun dogs" and scornfully
tells them to "burn and be -- quick about
it."
Dove Eye the Indian maiden, who seems
to be tripping over the Plains just to resecue
folks from her relations, dances in, and
takes in the situation at a glance. She
severs the bonds ofHazel Eye, and together
they release Cale Durg, which of course
brings on a fight. Buffalo Bill and Texas
Jack arrive just in the nick of time, and of
course the red men are wiped out. There
is a fearful slaughter of Indians all through
the play. Ned Buntline didn't think any
more of killing forty or fifty Indians when
he works up a story . than he does of eating
his breakfast.
In the second act the Indians take the war
path, and other by and forbidden paths,
accompanied by Mormon Ben, in search of
his fiftieth wife, the boozy Irishman in
search of a drink, and the Dutchman who
wanted to catch " Boefalo Bull unt Shackas
Tex." Wolf Slayer, leader of the band, is
seized with the temperance disorder, and
makes a very effective cold water speech,
inspired by the sight of the Irishman's
bottle, in which he says "red-eye" is the
scourage of the red men. By the way, why
is it that an irishman is invariably selected
on the stage to represent drunkenness?
There are as many drunken Americans as
drunken Irishmen.
We cannot follow all the vici[?]itudes of
the play. There is much bloody fighting,
in which the scouts invariably figure. The
two I's, Hazey Eye and Dove Eye, are
again made prisoners by the Indians
Durg comes to the rescue, but, unfortuantley,
it is the month of March, and he is killed.
Before expiring he snatches his rifle
and deliberate shoots an Injun, when he
immediately lies down and dies with a serene
and happy smile upon his countenance.
The scouts take terrible vengence for his
his death; slaughtering and scalping copper-colored
"supes" on every hand. Being a
little short of Injuns, they had to be killed
several times over. We counted sixteen
times that one poor "supe" was killed during the play.
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack marry Dove
and Hazel Eyes, and the play closes with a
magnificent scene of a prairie on fire, the
fire being commuicated, as we judged,
from the buring ador of the scouts' love.
There are many exciting situations in the
play, and it is recieved with the most unbounded
applause. Buffalo Bill is a magnificent
specimen of a man, and has a native
grace of movement that is quite captivating.
Jack has a fine physique also. | 17CINCINNATI,
The Scouts at Pike's Opera House,
Ned Buntline and his scouts, Buffalo Bill --
or "Boefalo Bull," as the Dutch Comedian
calls him - and Texas Jack have been
crowding Pike's Opera House nightly during
the week. They perform in a sensational
drama written by Ned Buntline, entitled
"The Scouts of the Prairie." It is
chock full of "Injuns," tomahawks, bucksink,
moccasins, bead work, war clubs, paint
dances, death songs, feathers, scalps and
scalping knives. The play opens with
a scene on the Plains. There isn't a
great deal seen on the Plains, but there is
probably as much seen in this scene as is
seen in any other like scene. Ned
Buntline comes on in a buckskin suit and
long rinlets of supernaturally black hari.
He represents Cale Durg the trapper, although
he has no "traps" about him except
a rile and a knife or two. he
talks to his rilfe and calls it his
"trusty friend." It is a good thing to
have a trusty friend, particulary when yo
want "trust." Cale wonders were his
comrades Buffalo Bill and Texas jack are
tarrying, although he left them in the dresssing-room
a few minutes before, and
he knows it. The scouts at length arrive - they
relate a wonderous story of a hunt, and in
the midst of it "Dove Eye," a noble red
girl, daughter of a hostile chief, comes on and
warns . them they are in danger. Wolf Slayer
is on their trail. He couldn't get on her
trail for she don't war any, short dresses
being her weakness. The scouts . delcare
they will "wipe the red-skins out," and then
disappear with a war-whoop. Dove Eye
disappears in a war-hoop-skirt.
Scene second represents the renegades,
camp. The renegades came there. Mormon
Been is the boss renegade. He has
forty-nine wives in Utah, and wants the
fiftieth before he can die happy. Ben's
companions are Carl Preztel, a Dutchman,
who sings a capital song, and a boozy
Irishman, who is continually hunting
a drink. The author of the play,
who is a strict totaly abstienence man, employs
this character very frequently as a text
for a temperance lecutre, which is quite
effective sometimes. Three young men
who sat near us the other night, were so
much affected by one of these lectures that
they went out and got a drink. A few
words spoken in season do a great deal of
good frequently - to Doc. Hickey.
Hazel Eye (Morlacchi) Comes on in the
third scene and recites a poem to the effect
that Cale Durg was "born in March," during
a particularly severe portion of that
tempestuous month, as was likely
to durg out in March finally. it was
very "durgey." At the conclusion of
the peom, which was rendered with
no inconsiderable power, Hazel Eye is Suprised
by the Indians, which is not surprising
under the circumstances, and after a
hard fight on her part, and the orchestra
has a severe tussle with their insturments,
Hazel Eye is overpowered and
bound for over thrity days. Cale bursts in
at this crisis, and fights them all single-handed.
But the contest is too unqueal.
Cale is made a prisoner and bound to the
stake. (We have seen men bound to the st
steak very often before, but they were
bound to their dinner.) The Indians circule
around him, singing the Death Song. They
are going to cook him. Oven wood is
brought in for that purpose, and heaped
about his moccasins. We have sins
to answer for, but we wouldn't want to
answer for those mocca-sins if the fire gets
started. Durg, who isn't one big frightened,
knowing very well how the play is coming
out, calls them "Injun dogs" and scornfully
tells them to "burn and be -- quick about
it."
Dove Eye the Indian maiden, who seems
to be tripping over the Plains just to resecue
folks from her relations, dances in, and
takes in the situation at a glance. She
severs the bonds ofHazel Eye, and together
they release Cale Durg, which of course
brings on a fight. Buffalo Bill and Texas
Jack arrive just in the nick of time, and of
course the red men are wiped out. There
is a fearful slaughter of Indians all through
the play. Ned Buntline didn't think any
more of killing forty or fifty Indians when
he works up a story . than he does of eating
his breakfast.
In the second act the Indians take the war
path, and other by and forbidden paths,
accompanied by Mormon Ben, in search of
his fiftieth wife, the boozy Irishman in
search of a drink, and the Dutchman who
wanted to catch " Boefalo Bull unt Shackas
Tex." Wolf Slayer, leader of the band, is
seized with the temperance disorder, and
makes a very effective cold water speech,
inspired by the sight of the Irishman's
bottle, in which he says "red-eye" is the
scourage of the red men. By the way, why
is it that an irishman is invariably selected
on the stage to represent drunkenness?
There are as many drunken Americans as
drunken Irishmen.
We cannot follow all the vici[?]itudes of
the play. There is much bloody fighting,
in which the scouts invariably figure. The
two I's, Hazey Eye and Dove Eye, are
again made prisoners by the Indians
Durg comes to the rescue, but, unfortuantley,
it is the month of March, and he is killed.
Before expiring he snatches his rifle
and deliberate shoots an Injun, when he
immediately lies down and dies with a serene
and happy smile upon his countenance.
The scouts take terrible vengence for his
his death; slaughtering and scalping copper-colored
"supes" on every hand. Being a
little short of Injuns, they had to be killed
several times over. We counted sixteen
times that one poor "supe" was killed during the play.
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack marry Dove
and Hazel Eyes, and the play closes with a
magnificent scene of a prairie on fire, the
fire being commuicated, as we judged,
from the buring ador of the scouts' love.
There are many exciting situations in the
play, and it is recieved with the most unbounded
applause. Buffalo Bill is a magnificent
specimen of a man, and has a native
grace of movement that is quite captivating.
Jack has a fine physique also. |
