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"This evening Buffalo Bill will appear at Peck's Grand Opera House in his new border play of "The Prairie Waif" of which the St. Louis Globe speaks as follows: "The entertainment of Buffalo Bill at Pope's began yesterday evening under the most auspicious circumstances. When the scout legislator first made his appearance as a dramatic start he surprised the critics who affected to be puzzled over the fact that a man fresh from the prairie should pretend to dramatic ability. Since that time however, Mr. Cody had studied carefully and he is now able to bring considerable histrionic ability to bear upon his part in the drama of the "Prairie Waif," which is used as the medium of presenting a very interesting and at times, quite engrossing picture of border life. The aim has been a supply a realistic representation of the perils passed by the pioneers of civilization, and in order to do this successfully several real Indians are introduced in the case in all the glory of war paint, feathers, scalps (the bona fide article) and tomahawks whose terrible appearance is offset by the beauty of a remarkably handsome and intelligent Indian maiden. There is abundance of action in the piece. Mr. Cody does lots of good work in this line, appearing in three different characters, and giving an exhibition of fancy rifle shooting, while the redskin braves indulge in their war songs and dances at different appropriate parts of the play."

"This evening Buffalo Bill will appear at Peck's Grand Opera House in his new border play of "The Prairie Waif" of which the St. Louis Globe speaks as follows: "The entertainment of Buffalo Bill at Pope's began yesterday evening under the most auspicious circumstances. When the scout legislator first made his appearance as a dramatic start he surprised the critics who affected to be puzzled over the fact that a man fresh from the prairie should pretend to dramatic ability. Since that time however, Mr. Cody had studied carefully and he is now able to bring considerable histrionic ability to bear upon his part in the drama of the "Prairie Waif," which is used as the medium of presenting a very interesting and at times, quite engrossing picture of border life. The aim has been a supply a realistic representation of the perils passed by the pioneers of civilization, and in order to do this successfully several real Indians are introduced in the case in all the glory of war paint, feathers, scalps (the bona fide article) and tomahawks whose terrible appearance is offset by the beauty of a remarkably handsome and intelligent Indian maiden. There is abundance of action in the piece. Mr. Cody does lots of good work in this line, appearing in three different characters, and giving an exhibition of fact rifle shooting, while the redskin braves indulge in their war songs and dances at different appropriate parts of the play."