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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 and 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.