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THE WIGWAM. 
 
 A BURLETTA. 
 
 SHIRL£Y BROOKS* Esq. 
 
 (Membtr (tf the Dramatic Authors' Soeielyt) 
 
 AUTHOR OF " OUR NEW GOyERNESff/' " HOMOURI AMD 
 tricks/' &C,, &C. 
 
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 On Monday, Janvjry 25, 1847. 
 
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Biamatis $cmnce onb (ETostttme. 
 
 Firtt pndueedt Monday, 2&th January, 1847. 
 
 PLUFFY PLUMPTON, Eiq. (a .vowtfl 
 GentUman in indtpendtnt cireunutanctM), 
 
 >Mr. Keblbt. 
 
 1st dress: Fashionable shooting dress, some- 
 what caricatni ed. 2nd d resk : W hite buffblo 
 skin, with laggings of same — two smiill horns 
 — mocassins— blue strealcs of )aint on face — 
 tomahawk, knife, (kc, 
 
 ERASMUS LOBSCOUSE, otherwise -i 
 FONDLESaUAW(/*eFa/A<fro/AM Tribes [u, v !«.,•».•. 
 Very liandsome Indian costume— blue paint [ "'' ^- matthbwb. 
 —pipe. J 
 
 Indians or the Tribe of Kutanackbm t 
 
 Various dresses — guns, tomahawks, knives, and pipes— MINGO, 
 more extravagant dress than the others, the paiut around bis eyea 
 maius him resemble an ape. 
 
 BIKOO 
 
 {tk* Da0Hy Beauer) 
 LINGO - {the great Blut jipe) - 
 MINGO - {the Monkey** Uncie) . 
 JINGO - (the Thundering Bull) - 
 MRS. ADELAIDE LOBSCOUSE— j 
 
 Mr. Bender. 
 Mr. Richardson. 
 
 Mr.OXBERRT. 
 
 Mr. Silver. 
 
 LOBSCOUSE— ^ w|-, po----- 
 Shewy morning dress-bonnet, and shawl. $ """ '^<'*«t»»- 
 
 JlJLlAiherl)mtghter)—lAore elegant, ditto Miss Arden. 
 
 pWLEY (/A«> JllaW)-Ordinary dress of> j|,„ Turner. 
 a lady's maid. s 
 
 COKA. {adopted Daughter of F<mdle$quanf,^ 
 eumamedthe Agile Iwr** Foot) — Veiy ^ic- 
 turesoue Indian dress, apparently of skins, 
 reaching to knee— coloured legs— face and 
 arms couHired— dress highly ornamented with 
 beads, medallions, &c. — small tomahawk — 
 silver handled knife and silver hilted pistol — 
 handsome mocassins— bow and quiver. 
 
 I MIssMartKeelbt 
 
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 Tbui qfrepreeentalion, one hour and seven minutes. 
 
 BXPLAMATION OF THE 8TA0B DIRECTIONS. 
 
 L. means first entrance, left. R. first entrance, right. 8.E.L. 
 second entrance, left. S.E.R. second entrance, right. U.B.L. upper 
 entnncetleft. tJ.B.R. upper entrance, right. C. Centre. L X, felt 
 centra. iLC rightcentre. T.E.L. third entrance, left. T.B«R.tt)lnl 
 entrant right Observing you are supposed to. Isoe r" — ^' 
 
THE WIGWAM. 
 
 F. Matthewi. 
 
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 jlCRNE l,r~4fttr o faw ban of ilow muiict the eurtidH ri»9$, 
 Tkt $eene represents an Indian encampment some mMee from 
 Montreal (Canada). It is a wood, targe trees right and lijft, 
 itpon which nourds. hows, arrows, blankets, tfCm are hanging. 
 Tent in back, with side closed. A large rock, presenting a 
 smooth white swface about eight Jeet from the ground onfi.,so 
 that the house can see anything to be written en it, A small 
 Wiguam on left, near the rock. Indians lying about sleeoing in 
 thetr blankets, or smoking. Among them are Lingo, and JiNOO. 
 Music ceases, 
 
 inter BiNOO down a path, L. ti. b. He looks round and folds 
 
 his arms. 
 
 Bin, Do my brothers sleep ? 
 
 Lin. Though they slept h the dormouse sleeps, they would 
 Ikrouse St the voice of the Downey Beaver. 
 Jin. What would the Downey Beaver say to his brother*: f 
 Bin, Let his brothers take their pipes and listen. 
 
 ZThey aU sit in a umicirck, Bimoo in c. 
 
 Bin. Brothers, men of the tribe of Kutanaclcem, I, the Downey 
 Seaver, demand to be heard. Who is more fit to be listened to t 
 rho among the tribe can drink more of the fire-water, or tdl the 
 f white faces more lies than I f 
 
 Lin. It is well. The Downey Beaver is the greatest drunkard 
 
 [ and liar among us. Honour to him ! [^U bend. 
 
 Bin. This tribe of Kutanackem has been a good tribe. Its 
 
 hunting-fields were wide, its rifles were true, its mddens were 
 
 beauteous, its sons were comely. Why is all this changed f 
 
 Lin. The gods only can tell. 
 
 Bin. They can, but won't Look at our tribe. Our hunting- 
 fields are the spoil of these white face«, our rifles burst and ki», 
 oi^r maidens are dumpy and dull, and our men, with the exception 
 I ofinyseli^'are as ugly a set of buffers as ever stole tobacco. « . 
 
TBI WIGWAM. 
 
 : very vulgar thing, and a thing that it quit* 
 
 I 
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 Lin, The Downey Beaver hai learned the tongue of the pale 
 fiwei. Let him ipealc to Indians in Indian language. 
 
 Bin, He will ipealc as he pleases. The god», who have given 
 him beauty, have also eiven liim speech. Now livten. 
 
 Jin, The winds are silent, O my brother, but not so silent as we. 
 
 Bin. Something must be done for the tribe. Why should the 
 other tribes rejoice and say, '* There goes the tribe of Kutanackeiu, 
 with ita eye out ?" 
 
 Lin. ifurioiuty) I spit at them. 
 
 Bin. Then you do r. very vulgar 
 useless. 
 
 Jin. {dol^ftdty) It is true, our hunting grounds are lost— 
 
 Lin, Our guns are bad — 
 
 Jin, Our maidens are hideous — 
 
 Lin, Our warriors are stunted — 
 
 Bin. All this would matter little while I am among you. But 
 cannot be always with you ; I am not immortal ; in a few years 
 shall shrot raccoons in the gum trees of another world. 
 
 Lin, Our brother has spoken truly, our race is degenerated; 
 yet, there is one star in the darkness, one spark in the pipe. 
 
 Jin, One. We have one maiden among us who is neither 
 Iiideous, nor dumpy, nor dull, but beautiful as the humtning-bird, 
 graceful as the deer, and wise as the serpent. 
 
 Bin, True. Cora, the adopted dauffhter of the aged chief who 
 sits in that tent— the venerable Fondlesquaw, she is the maid of 
 v^hom my brothers spoke. 
 
 Lfn, She — Cora— none other. 
 
 Bin, It is well. The maiden is comely, atid were I inclined to 
 wed, I know no iftoman in our tribe so worthv to cook the meat, 
 to light the pipe, to carry the wood, and to kiss the feet of the 
 Dciwney Beaver. But I am not a beaver about to marry 
 
 Lin, I have a wife. 
 
 Jin, I had one, but I killed her, and I don't want another. 
 
 Bin, But Cora must marry. Hereafter, she may be the mother 
 of a hero, who shall restore the glory of the tribe. 
 
 [MiNOO ruihet out qf (he tmall Wigwam, 
 
 Min, She shall be the w^fg of such a hero— she shall be my 
 wife. 
 
 B*n. (tcorrffuUy) I hear the squeak of a weasel. 
 
 Min, A weasel who never aleeps. 
 
 Jin, Our tribe hath pigs— one of them si^ueals. 
 
 if in. A pig that sees the wind, and how it blows. 
 
 Lin, A I itten hath mewed to the tribe. 
 
 MiH, A kitten that knows which way the cat jumps. How dare 
 my brothers speak of Cora — Cora, the Agile Deer's foot, and the 
 intended wifb of the Monkey's Unci?. She is mine, and let him 
 who would touch one of her tresses beware, or look out for his 
 scalp— he will find it strung over my back. {Meyettieally) The 
 Monkey's Uncle hath spoken. •'■ 
 
 Bin, Cora, the wife orsuch a thing as this, 
 ilfifi. The Downey Beaver gets personal. 
 
 Bin. Go, go, my brother hath drunk of the fire-wat6r. 
 him sleep. 
 
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 Min, Sleep younelf and lee how you like it Tlie nuiden i« 
 luine. 
 
 Lin. The huiband of Cora should be handiome. 
 
 Bin. Our brother is a hobgoblin. 
 
 Xin. The husband of Cora should be wiae* 
 
 Bin, Our brother is an uncommon fool. 
 
 Lin, The husband of Cora should be biate. 
 
 ^jR. Onr brother is a confirmed sneak. ^ 
 
 JUin. (Jurifmly) Is he ? Henceforth the tall of the Down?y 
 i Beaver snail hang in the tent of the Monkey's Untie. 
 
 [Muric. MiNOO drawt hit knlfe^ maket great parade <^$harpen^ 
 ing it against the rock, and trie$ to steal roun'i Hinoo. 
 jit latti uttering a thrill whonp, he tpringt upon Binoi). 
 The htter closet with Aim, thakes him, and hurls him 
 away. MiNoo howls, the side of the tent it drawn up and 
 
 discloses FOMDLBSQUAW. 
 
 Fon. Now then, my children, now then, stupids. (Comes out.) 
 Fighting under the verv nose of your blessed father! Are thure 
 no bufiUoes in the prainesi no beavers in the streams, that you must 
 draw your knifes upon one another? Or is our tribe so rich in 
 warriors that we can afford to kill one another t Who began 
 this bobbery ? 
 
 Bin. My father hath spoken wisely. 
 
 Fon, I know it I always do. 
 
 Bin, It was he {pointing at MiNOo). 
 
 Fon. He \ The Monkey's Uncle become a man of war ! And 
 what hath roused that valiant warrior into wrath ? 
 
 Min. Hear me, my father, and do me Justice. The maiden 
 Cora, the child of your adoption, is lieautifui. 
 
 Fon, And who said she wasn't ( 
 
 Min* No one ; but they say I am not fit to be her husband. 
 
 Fon, And who said you were f 
 
 Min, Look at me, my £ither. 
 
 Fon. I do, and wonder at your foUy. Cora, your bride I Bah 1 
 No more of that 
 
 Min. Father, Hove hex 1 
 
 Fon, Sh«e hates you. 
 
 Min. It is impossible^ 
 
 Fon. May be so, but it's tme. There runs the river— go, look 
 at j(our8(}if in the water. Enough, the gods will direct me in dis- 
 posmg of Cora. 
 
 Bin, Father, the tril'e thinks it is time she should marrv* 
 . Fon,. The tribe is very good. But, to please my children, I 
 will, this very day, enquire the will of the gods, aftnr the fashion 
 of your ancestors. You see yonder rock ; it was the oracle of 
 your fiitbers, it shall be your own. 1 will perform the ancient 
 ceremonies, and lie down to sleep at its foot When I awaken, 
 the marks which will be found upuu that rock will guide me aa to 
 Cora's fate. 
 
 Bin. It is well 
 
 Min. No, it is not well. Who is to read those marks, or to 
 understand them ? 
 
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 F(M. I •hall. At onc« I will prtpMrt for Um etnmoiilM. B«> 
 goM ftll of you. It must b« done uont. 
 
 Bin, My flitiMr li a ennning man. 
 
 Min. {a$id*) Remarkably. But I know a eunning-ar. Marks 
 upon th« rock, and ha li to alaop down thera i I mo. Sba shall 
 ba minat r'**port ^ a run Aforrf, L. 
 
 Fan. Sae who approachas us. [i. 'm* go qfeautioiulp, R. 
 
 Min. my father, you will give Cora to ^<« man whom Uia goda 
 •eleet 
 
 Fan. I shall. 
 
 Min, It may be ma. 
 
 Fon, Tt may. But the gods haye s larp eyaa, and whan thay 
 want a man they Midom call to a monkey. 
 
 Min. {(uidt) m have either hia daughter or hia tealp, the old 
 racoon I (J^" ** 
 
 Fon. Ha. ha! I wonder If any of my customers In Blooms- 
 burv would recognise, in the Tenerable Fondlesauaw, the fiither 
 of hia tribe, Erasmus Lobscouse, Kro<wr and aealer in British 
 wine, who, to escape the complicataa botheration of a business ha 
 hated, and a wife who hated h|m, ran away iVom London, and 
 took refuge among these savages. Having the sense to keep 
 sober when they were drunk, I have acquired an authority 
 among them which makes them look up to me with awe. It's a 
 happy life, for other people work for me. and for my wives— for I 
 have wivet—l can careM or discard tnero as I think proper. 
 How much better than the stupid conventional arrangement wnich 
 fastened me and Mrs. Lobscouse together, with about as much 
 chance of peace and happiness as two cats tied by the tails and 
 hung up across a rope. [AfiMio.— if« g09t up. 
 
 Enter Cora with a bound, Sht is dre^ted oieturttquelfft d 
 rindiennetfeaihvrt, bow.and arrou>$t a imaUfiutoL Ski brtng* 
 a hare, whtch nhe has killed with an arrowp U.E.L. 
 
 Cora, ^h ! my fkther. f l.) 
 
 Fon, Child ofmy adoption— what sport ? 
 
 Cora, See. The hare fled fast, but Cora's arrow fled ftster still. 
 
 Fon, Good. I am fond of hash. Go, Cora, and cook what you 
 have killed. 
 
 Cora. To hear is to obey. (Going towards tent.) 
 ■ Fon. Stay. (Sht returns,) Cora, have you ever thought of a 
 husband? 
 
 Cora, What for? 
 
 Fon, I don't know t but at your time of life young mddena 
 usually look out for some such article. 
 
 Cora. My fiither, they are fools. 
 
 Fon, 1 don't dispute the proposition, but why do you think so ? 
 
 Cora. I have seen marriages. 
 
 Fon, So have I. {Jside) Adelaide Lobscouse and scl^ to wit 
 
 Cora, I am happy as I am. I do not want a husband lb ntla 
 over me. I might want to hunt— he might order ma to cook— 
 of eourse, I should rebel— and he might beat ma> 
 
 Fon, He might. 
 
 Cora. 
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 Fon, k\ 
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 Fon, 
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 progeny, 
 
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 howlin 
 amom 
 
 Plu, I 
 
 iff the i 
 
 you, wb 
 
 Avour 
 
 such cli 
 
 versati< 
 
 whoop; 
 
 Fon. 
 
 beend 
 
 Pitt. 
 
 Co mal 
 
 Voi 
 
 Flu 
 
 Fon 
 
 Ph 
 
 Fot 
 
 Ph 
 
 «ake< 
 
 anytl 
 
 sihUf 
 
mi wiowam; 
 
 •monlw Bt. 
 
 nff-«r. Marks 
 
 ^' Sbtihall 
 run hfordt i. 
 
 hom tht god« 
 
 - — Jloonu- 
 ^, the father 
 'win British 
 • DusineMhe 
 *^ndon, and 
 •nw to keep 
 •n authority 
 i«w«. It'aa 
 7»lj«a-fi>rl 
 •ink proper, 
 {•inent which 
 <>ut aa much 
 the tails and 
 -Htgotiup, 
 
 •iftrter still. 
 >k what you 
 
 CSm>«. Or I might be unlucky In hunting , and bring him no 
 Inner— then he might beat me 
 
 Fon. In that case, too, I think he might 
 
 Cdto. Or I mi|^t be unlucky In eooklngi and spoil his dinner 
 -then he might neat me. 
 
 /W In that ease I am sure he might 
 
 CofM. Or, after we were married, I might see somabody I liked 
 Nter. 
 
 Fern. Such things have been. 
 
 Cora, And I might run away. 
 
 Fon, And such thinos also, as Mother Lobseonse knows. 
 
 Corth Then he would shoot me. 
 
 FoH, That would be harsh. 
 
 Cora. Though, to be sure^ thai would be my own fiiult ; because 
 la prudent wife who intended to run away would, of course, take 
 [the precaution of shooting him, 
 
 Fon, Ah I I didn't shoot Mrs. Lobscouse—I only shot 
 
 Gsro. Whom — myfothert 
 
 Fond, The moon, dariing. But never mind. 
 
 Cora, My father, let us cut this matter short I will live with 
 I jfou, and do everything you tell mOt But il you Insist on forcing 
 a husband upon me — — 
 
 Fon, WelU 
 
 Cora, I hope you'll think It well, for I'll kiU him-4haf s alL 
 
 lEait, bounding into tont. 
 
 Fon, PlayAil darling. I shall have more trouble with her than 
 I intended. ( Whooping heard from tht wood*,) My vodforoua 
 progeny, bellowing 1)1(0 bulla. 
 
 Enter all the Indians, except MiNOO, dragging in Thvwrr, and 
 howling. As they bring him towards front he shakes them ^ for 
 
 Plu, {with extreme coolness, preserved all throngh the first part 
 iff the character) Respectable savages, and {to Fondlbsquaw) 
 you, who seem even more respectable than your friends, will you 
 favour me with an audience? (whoop.) It's delightful to see 
 such charming animal spirits, quite — Imt they interfere with con* 
 versation. However, at your leisure. (He leans on his riJU^ 
 whoop.) Ah I I wonder which of us will be tired first ? 
 
 Fon. Silence, my children, will you t Why has this stranger 
 been dragged hither ? 
 
 Pitt. Do you know that was the very inquiry it occurred to mt 
 to make. 
 
 Voices. A spy— a spy I 
 
 Flu, What do they say ? 
 
 Fon, That you are a spy. 
 
 Flu. A 1 
 
 Fon. A spy. 
 
 Pht. Now what damned self-conceit on the part of a lot of half 
 SMked, bawling brown boobies 1 Do they imagine that tliere is 
 smything they can do that ageutlemaa would tmak it worth his 
 •vluie to play sfj uponl 
 
TH» WIOWAM, 
 
 you. It does you na 
 
 Fon. Wdl, what is your answer to spy ? 
 P/a. Lie! 
 Fon, Eh ? 
 
 Plu, Them's my sentiments— convey them in any form your 
 amiable friends inay prefer. 
 Fon, He denies being a spy, and I am inclined to believe him. 
 PH. That's condescension on the part of a gentleman with 
 patched inexpressibles. 
 
 Bin, Then what does he do prowling about an Indian encamp- 
 ment? 
 Fon, .The stranger hears my brother's question. 
 Plu, He does, and thinks your brother's question very im- 
 pertinent You must have neglected his education, and grudged 
 the twoHpence a wed: for manners. 
 
 Fon, Iwonder who this cool handis 7 Evidently from England. 
 It's possible he may know my wife— I should like to know how 
 she bears her widowhood. I'll try and pump him. (/iNttofts 
 exeuntf in compliance with FondlesquawV s^ns) Stranger, I 
 would have you know this tribe is exceedingly savage. 
 Phu 1 see that 
 
 Fon, And stands upon very little ceremony. 
 Plu. 1 would'nt boast of it, if I were you. 
 credit 
 
 Fon, Their knives are sharp. 
 . Plu. Pity their wits ahit 
 Fon, And the^ stick at nothing. 
 
 Pbh Then their knives are of no use to them^ < J> 
 
 Fon, So I counsel you to give an account of yourself. -^j^^^ 
 
 Plu, I tell you I don't see what it is to you. But I am qnltt 
 above playing the mysterious. I come from London, as anybody 
 but yourself could see. My name is Fluffy Plumpton ; I am in 
 in independent circumstances, if vou know whattney are, and I 
 have made a flying visit to Canada in company with an amiable 
 £unily from Bloomsbury. 
 Fon, (very loud) Bloomsbury I 
 
 Plu, There's a shout 1 I suppose, now, you think Bloomsbury 
 is in the moon ? 
 
 Fon, Bloomsbury, (aside) 'Gad, it's luck^ I am safe in the 
 wilderness. I wonder who they are — very likeLy the Bobbleses, 
 of Hart Street — they were always talking of emigrating, or 
 perhaps Sprigg, of Great Russell Street Stranger, what — ^what 
 is the name of your friends ? 
 
 Plu, 1 am almost ashamed to mention so vulgar a name even 
 to you. The name is Lobscouse. 
 Pen, Lob— by — bobbee— bow — scouse. (turn* away) 
 Pltju The name makes him ill. I don't wonder. Yes, Lob- 
 scou&e. 
 
 Fon, (atide,) What a disgusting pertinacious animal a wife 
 is ! To hunt me to the very forest 
 
 Plu, These Lobdcouses, for there are two, a wife and a daughter, 
 hav3 come out here in search of a husband and a father, who ran 
 away from his happy home (Fomdlesquaw groan*) a few years 
 ago. They have traced him to Canada, and now all they want is 
 to know whether he has been hanged or not 
 
fHB M'IGWAM. 9 
 
 jPm. Hanged ! 
 
 Plu. Oh I you know what hanging is? I'm glad to see the 
 [ march of ciTiflsation. Yes, hanged ! and if s not unlikely, for by 
 I all accounts, including his wife's, he was the most abominable old 
 scoundrd. 
 
 FoM. Was he, though ? 
 
 Plu. A most execrable ruffian. Well, this miscreant Lobscouse 
 [has a daughter, named Julia, who is happy and honoured in 
 being the object of my affection. That's why I came with them. 
 
 Fon. Of yours? 
 
 Plu. Mine ; conceive her bliss. Well, when this search is over 
 I and we have found that the old thief, Lobscouse— 
 
 Fon, He i«n't a thief— I mean— ahem — 
 
 Plu, How should you know — though to look at you, I should 
 say you were a judge of thieving. I wish you wouldn't con- 
 tradict me. I was only going to say, that when the search is over^ 
 I mean to marry Julia, and give her a gentleman's name instead 
 of that of her old rip of a daddy. 
 
 Fon, Rip, dr? 1 teU you, that circumstances — 
 
 Plu. What do you know about circumstances ? I never heard 
 anybody say so much in old Lobby's favour before ; and there- 
 fore — by Jupiter— an idea flashes across my mind— I say — 
 
 Fon. (atide) I never could hold my tongue at the right time, 
 Stranger, you have not t<dd us why you came here. 
 
 Pltu By the blessed St Daniel Forrester, I believe I have, 
 hooked my fish. 1 shall soon see. {atide) Why, the fact is that 
 my beloved Julia and I have had a slight row. I wa^ yesterday 
 endeavouring to impress upon her the warmth of my passion by 
 the unmistakeable means of a few kisses— or so— 
 
 Fon. And what business had yon to do that ? 
 
 Plu. O, ho, its coming ! (aside) Just what she asked — she pre^ 
 tended to be indignant, and ordered me to leave her. I took her 
 at her word, and walked off into the forest with my rifle to amuse 
 myself. I shall return to her in a few days, if nothing prevents 
 ihe. Meantime Julia is in despair, and I am your most obedient 
 servant {aeide) I should have thought that would have drawn 
 him. Is there anything else you'd hke to know. 
 
 Fon, Aheml Stranger, what is this poor Lobscouse's wifel* 
 What is she like ? 
 
 Plu. (aside) Poor Lobscouse I I'll burst upon him directly. 
 Mrs. Lobby well, she's my mother-in-law elect. 
 
 Fon. But don't let your natural hatred for such a relative pre- 
 vent your doing her justice. 
 
 Plu. Ha 1 you've lived among Christians. '^ 
 
 Fon* No ; or (aside) precious bad ones. 
 
 Plu. As there are no reporters present, I may observe that the 
 lady in question is a bit of a catamaran, and used to be rather 
 given to drinking cherry -brandy in her bed-room. 
 
 Fon, While she blew up her husband for drinking gin-and- 
 water in his parlour. 
 
 Plu. Erasmus Lobscouse! 
 
 Fon. What are you talking about, stranger ? ' > ' 
 
 Phu O obme^noDfrof that You masquerading old miscreant, 
 
40 
 
 TUB WIOWAK. 
 
 Iou can't do me. So ** poor Lobscouse " had *<eireuinitaneei " 
 «d he? And he ** wasn't a rip" was'nt hsT And hit wife 
 * * blew up hit gin-and-water" did she 7 Caught I Erasmus Loba • 
 couse! If you'll return to your disconsoUte wife, all shall be for- 
 given, no questions shall be asked, and you shall be treated as one 
 •fthefkmfly. 
 
 FoH. Stranger— 
 
 PIh. a stranger deddedly — not to be taken in. Give it up, 
 Lobscouse, my dear friend, and now listen. 
 
 Fan* Hush I hush ! the tribe will hear you. 
 
 Plu. Bother the tribe. 
 
 Foiu Hush ! I tell you. 
 
 Plu. I see no more reason for being made to hold my tongue 
 now, than for being made to speak a little while ago. So you are 
 found out Dressed like a wild Indian, and a Bloomsbury grocer 
 all the while. These deluded savages. 
 
 1^011. Hush 1 or we shall both be murdered. 
 
 Plu, Well, you acknowledge yourself to be Lobscouse, do you? 
 
 Fan. What sip;nifies who lam. I'll get you off safely, so come 
 with me (dragging him). 
 
 Plu, No, I'Jl stay with you, until you are ready to accompany 
 me to Montreal. 
 
 FoH, Me. 
 'Plu, You I I'll present you, bound hand and foot, to your in* 
 jured wife, as a small token of my respect and esteem* 
 
 Fon, Never! 
 
 PAf. You won't come? 
 
 Ten. Never! 
 
 Plu, I'll appeal to the tribe. Though savages, they have no 
 doubt some principles of justice, and w<m't help a man to aban- 
 don his vrife. 
 
 Fon, 1 implore you to be silent. 
 
 Plu, Not I ; I'm a dead hand at a mob appeal, though I am s 
 bit of a dandy. I once thought of standing tor Finsbury. Here 
 goes. 
 
 Fon. Wait— wait, at least till I can talk to you— till I can 
 explain why I left Mrs. Lobscouse. 
 
 Pht. The thing explains itself— look at her. But for all that, 
 you must come back. 
 
 Fon, Only wait the time you intended to be away— a few days. 
 
 Plu, What, here? 
 
 Fon, Yes, we'll entertain you. 
 
 Plu. You do, by the proposaL Why, what should I do vrith 
 myself? 
 
 Fon. Hunt, and shoot, and fish, and drink, and smoke, and 
 sleep. 
 
 Plu. Well, many a man does no more all his life, and I miffht 
 do it for a week. But I like female society, I can't take your offer. 
 
 Enter CoaA,/rom tent, l. 
 
 Cora. My father, have you foiMtten your hash ? 
 Plu, Not he— I'm settling it lor )iim. Ab, hal Not a bad 
 apccimen of the squaw spedei. 
 
TBI WIOWAM, 
 
 11 
 
 Fon. I will be with voupreMntly, child. 
 Plu. I aay, lather, whose proper^ is this ? {Placing his hand 
 I her.) 
 
 Cora, (fMihing him away tfiolentljf) Property— white fitce, I am 
 (free. 
 
 Plu. Devilish ! ' But vou are very pretty. I say, daddy Lob- 
 [•couse, you have a good eye for female attractions— a protegie of 
 [yours, en? 
 
 Fon. Is there no way that I can stop your tongue ? 
 Plu. I'm not aware of any— the young lady in the feathers 
 Lmight, perhaps. 
 
 J Fon. {aside) It would be almost worth the trial. Tou think 
 jbe r petty ? 
 
 Plu. Better than pretty— she's nice, very nice. 
 Fon. Would her society reroncile you to a week in the woods? 
 Plu. I don't know. But if her oonversationd powers are equal 
 to her force of arm, I think I might make out the week. 
 
 Fon. I've a good mind to try. (Jtide) Only she said she'd 
 kill any husband I proposed to ner— and if she should— well» if 
 she should, there's no great hann done. Cora — 
 Cora, My fiither. 
 
 Fon. What do you think of the stranger f 
 Cora, {walks up to Plufft, examines and turns him round) 
 He is clean enongn, my father. 
 Plu. She excels in limited compliment 
 Fon. Would you like him {with some trepidation) for a— a 
 husband. 
 
 Cora, {examining the priming qf her pistol— then very quietly) 
 What did you say, my father f 
 
 Fon, There— there— don't be hasty. Cora, you pretend to love 
 me. 
 
 Cora. You— so I do— but what has that to do with my marrying 
 that creature t 
 Fon. Much. He has it in his power to hurt me. 
 Cora. Is that all t V\\ soon put it out of his power. {Aims at 
 Fluffy.) 
 
 Plu. My love, if I were you, I'd drop my pistol, and trust to 
 the fire of my eves. 
 
 Cora. My father, shall I bang at him? 
 Fon. No, no, put up your weapon. 
 Cora, {reluctantly) You never allow me any pleasure. 
 Fon, I think that in a trifle like marriage you might obey me 
 cheerfully, but you are an ungrateful, undutiful girL 
 Cora, No, I'm not, father. 
 
 Fon. I say you are. Why don't you marry that man when I 
 Cellyou. 
 
 Cora, I don't want to be married. 
 
 Fon, It's my wish, and that's enough. 
 
 Cora, I don't love him. 
 
 Fon, And what's that to do with it ? 
 
 Vora, He'll repent it if I agree. [MiMOO enters at back, 
 
 Fon. He'll repent it when you disagree, but that's his look out. 
 
 Phh Well, my good friend, are you arranging for my comfort. 
 
19 
 
 THI WIGWAM. 
 
 IW. Strwiger, you shall share the hospitalitT of our tribe ; yon 
 shall eat of our food, and steep in our tents. Nay, to bind you to 
 US| I have resolved to give you this maiden, our flower, for a wife. 
 
 Min» Ipuhe* on) It shan't be, it shan't be. I say. The girl is 
 ndne. This marriage would be absurd and ridiculous. 
 
 Cora, The first word of sense I ever heard from the mouth of 
 the Monkey's Uncle. 
 
 Ptu, Tour friend seems exdted. What entitles him to vote in 
 this election t 
 
 Mim, My interest in the maiden. 
 
 Fon. It's not such an interest as confers a vott. 1 strilce oiF 
 your namoi 
 
 Plu. And if you appeal to me, I'll strike off your head. Som^ 
 body lend me a tomahawk. 
 
 ifin, I won't have it^it shan't be. Ho I brothers, ho ! here's 
 treachery. {Enter Tribe) Father Fondlesquawi you have broken 
 your word. 
 
 FoH. I forgot, (aside) I have changed my mmd. The girl is 
 mine. I shall give her to this stranger. Uliurmure/rom Tribe. 
 
 Mm. You shall (not. I appeal to the Tnbe ; they heard you 
 promise to consult the gods, and give Cora to the man they chose. 
 You ought to be ashamed of yourself, so you ought. 
 
 ZMvnmtrf/ tfaesont, 
 
 Plu. If there's any oppodtion to the arrangement, I shall inrist 
 upon it— while it was all plain sailing I didn't care about it J. 
 stand up for my rights, the girl is prooused to me, and 1 will have 
 htr. 
 
 Cora, He has some spirit 
 
 Min, {rushing witdly abov£i You shan't, you shan't She's 
 mine and nobody else's. Who dares confront the Monkey's 
 Uncle. Whoop I 
 
 Plu. (Walks up to him quietly and pitches him away). jQo to 
 the devil, can't yoii t Maiden, do me the favour to believe that I 
 adore you, and that I will do my utmost to make you happy — ior 
 a week (aside). 
 
 Cora, If you were one of us, I might, pevhsps, think of you. 
 
 Plu, 1 shiall be one of you, connected oy that diamond cement, 
 marriage. 
 
 Cora, Your dress is so different 
 
 Plu. A trifle superior, don't you think ? But I'll dress just as 
 you please. 
 
 Cora. Your face is pale, our warriors are painted and tattooed. 
 
 Plu. I don't mind paint; but as for tattooing— (ast</e) Julia 
 miffht'nt like a husband with a £gice like a Railway map. 
 
 Cora, I shall obey my father. 
 
 Plu. Well, in tins instance I would— but don't make a practice 
 ofit 
 
 Min. Tribe of the Kutanackems! shall this injustice be done. 
 Will you allow his (pointir^ to Fondlesqoaw) faith to be broken. 
 
 Indians. The rock 1 the rockl the rock ! 
 
 Plu. May I ask what these gentlemen allude to ? 
 
 FoH, Why, I did promise (exp^attw it,inpantomimt,to Vhvm), 
 
 0^ 
 
THE WIGWAM. 
 
 IS 
 
 Min, You did promise, and you shall keep your promise Yo 
 the rock, father, and sleep. 
 
 Ftm, I must,— -otherwise the tribe will be outrageous. But {to 
 Plufpy) I'll manage iu I'll work the oracle. Is it the wish of 
 the Tribe. 
 
 Mi. To the rock. \ 
 
 Plu, I'll see this game out I wish Julia could see me. 
 
 Ftm. Bsgone, «1L Cora, to my tent, and take the stranger with 
 you. 
 
 Miiu [Ruihing forward again). No, I object, they shan't go. 
 
 Plu. I see I must strangle this little wretch off hand. 
 
 ilftn. Besides, if this stranger is to be admitted as a candidate, 
 he has no right to wear the white man's dress, or that womanish 
 skin. Let him adopt the uress of the tribe, and be tattooed- 
 
 IThe Tribe applaud, 
 
 Plu. The dress if you lik^ but damn the tattoo. 
 
 Cora, Then, not even for me, will my lover undergo a little 
 pain. 
 
 Plu. Pain, my adored, a whole hospital full ; but it's not the 
 pain, it's the ugliness. 
 
 Cora. But we admire it, and it is with us yon will spend your 
 days. 
 
 Flu. (atidt) Seven of them at least. But I don't aee that these - 
 other gentlemen are tattooed. 
 
 Bin> It is the honoured badge of the chief and his family. You 
 wish to be his son-in-law, and may be his successor. 
 
 Flu. Oh 1 ah I contingent advanta^s. I see. 
 
 Bin. And you must bear an Indian name. What shall he be 
 caUed? 
 ' Flu, It's your tusiness, Cora— be my godmother. 
 
 Indians. Cora ! Cora I Cora ! 
 
 Cora, {qfier considering) Let him be called ** The Little 
 White Bofpalo." 
 
 Plu. Content, and you shall be my Buffalo Gal. 
 
 Shout—" Welcome to the Little White Buffalo." 
 
 Plu. The Little White Buffalo thanks you, gentlemen, from 
 the very bottom of his hump. 
 
 Min. Now take him away, and make him one of the tribe. 
 Get the hot irons resdy. 
 
 Flu. Hot irons I Is it like freemasonry ? 
 
 IHeis dragged off. Fondl esqu aw follows^ observing, 
 
 Cora. I don't hate this stranger so m uch as I expected. 
 
 Min, (aside) Now they must keep him out of the way for some 
 time, and I shall help the gods to point out a husband lor her. 
 {To Cora) Maiden, may the choice of the oracle tall on me. 
 
 Cora. Upon you, you little monster ! 
 
 ilfift. Me, Cora, for I love you. 
 
 Cora, (quietly) Mingo, I advise you, as a friend, to run, for as 
 soon asever this pistol is cocked, I fire it at you [Takes out pistol, 
 
 Min. Are you serious ? 
 
 Cora, (cocking) Quite. 
 
 » - 
 
14^ 
 
 THI WIOWAU. 
 
 Min» Ow—ow*^on't— don't,— give US ten yards law— >ow^— 
 
 [Cora JtrM. J lamtntabte howl from Mmoo, ^, 
 
 Re-enter Fomdlebquaw. 
 
 JPmi. I don't think he'll much like the ceremony. 
 
 Cora, Weil, s*nce you insist on my marrying, I don't know 
 that you could hate found me a better husband. He won't beat 
 me? 
 
 Fond, Don'tynubetoohasty in your conclusions— these quiet men 
 are the de^l. But I must work my oracle. Luckily all I want is 
 a stick and a piece of blark chalk. Tlie gods of this Tribe and I 
 are upon capital terms, and make no ceremony with one another. 
 
 [fillers tent* 
 
 Cora, A husband! Be it so. But ndther a husband's, nor any 
 other power, shall bid Cora forsake her forest home, or go where 
 her ear is deaf to the voices of the free wild winds. , 
 
 SONG. 
 
 ** The Wild Free Wind." 
 
 Written by Shirley Brooks. Composed by Alexander Lee. 
 (Published by Leoni Lee, and Cozhead, 48, Albemarle-street.) 
 
 Oh ! the Wild Free Wind is a Spirit kind, 
 
 And it >oves the Indian well. 
 When its course it ploughs through the crashing boughs, 
 
 Or moans in the ocean shdl. 
 When the Indian maid has implored hs aid, 
 
 The wild Iree wind is there. 
 And it speeds her dan to the red deer's heart 
 
 As he bounds from his secret lidr. 
 
 jindwhether oversea or tand it gOt 
 She love* to hear the wild wind obno. 
 
 When the sunlight fiides from the silent glades, 
 
 And stars through the branches gleam, 
 The wild wind's sigh is her lullaby, 
 
 And the music of her dream. 
 It gi ides the showers to her ftirest flowers, 
 
 Her bees to their fragrant ceil. 
 For the Wild Free Wind is a Spirit kind. 
 And it loves the Indian well. 
 
 jtnd whether o'er tea or land it fo, "^ 
 
 She hvet to hear the wild wind blow 
 
 ZExlt Cora. 
 
 SCENE II.— Ffon/ groovet. Another part <ff the Forett, 
 
 Enter Mrs. Lobscousb, Julia, and Owlet, l. 
 
 Mre, L, You don't c<re — of course you don't care— who aup* 
 posed you did care what happens to your mother t . 
 
 Mr*, 
 
 And no< 
 Plumpto 
 Jul ~ 
 rounds, 1 
 and that 
 Mr*L 
 Tou don' 
 ' Jul. \ 
 Mr*,i 
 have br< 
 Jul. \ 
 Owl. 
 what h( 
 head, ai 
 Jut, 
 Ofvl. 
 Terriiic 
 Jul, 1 
 Owl 
 Mr*. 
 TOur b( 
 Jul 
 •about- 
 toluse 
 stealini 
 
 Owl 
 first pi 
 
 Min 
 white 
 me of 
 pale si 
 womai 
 ^tteri 
 
THB WIOWAM. 
 
 li 
 
 We rwu off, 
 IMijioo, afi 
 
 lon't know 
 Iwon't beat 
 
 quiet men 
 [11 1 want it 
 yribe and I 
 ic anotlier. 
 ^ i/«r# tent, 
 !'•» nor anjr 
 "go where 
 
 «DEii Lbi. 
 le^treet.) 
 
 »ugh^ 
 
 '/Cora. 
 rest, 
 
 i^liofup* 
 
 Jul. And pray what li happening to you, mamma, if i may atlt t 
 
 Mre L. None of vour impt rtinence, miss, if you please. 
 
 JuL Well, roa, I don't see much to complain of. 
 
 ilfrs. L. You dun't, don't ycu f Then I do. Haven't you 
 dragged me all these wiles into a savage country, ftill of robbiers, 
 and murderers, and bandits, Just to look after your precious Mr. 
 Flumpton f 
 
 J Hi. Now, ma, if you could come all the way frmn England 
 to look after yuur husband, mayn't 1 come a lew miles to look 
 after my lover? 
 
 Mre, L, 1 tell you, miss, no impertinence. Your lover I Pah ! 
 And novf that we are here, wnat next? There's no Fluffy 
 Piumpton here, so we may as well go back again. 
 
 JuL But the officer told us positivd^F, that while riding his 
 rounds, he saw Mr. Piumpton msking his way in this direction, 
 and tliat there is an Indian encampment st^mewhere here. 
 
 JMre L, An Indian encampment I You dou t mean — no, Julia, 
 you don't — 
 
 Jul. What, ma f 
 
 Mre. L. You don't mean to say (almoet ecreaming^ that yon 
 have bronffht me among the Indians, you unnatural child 1 
 
 Jul. Why, ma, the Indians won't hurt yuu. 
 
 Owl. O, won't they thoush, miss I O lor, miss, if you knew 
 what horrid things tney dol Tearing the scalp off your poor 
 head, and sticking bits of lighted stick into all your veins t O my t 
 
 Jut, Don't be silly, Owl<<y. 
 
 Oivl. Bless you, I've read it in the Calendar of Horrors and 
 Terrific Register, miss. ^^.. 
 
 Jul, Be quiet, I tell you. t^f^' 
 
 OwL I shall never be able to bear being set tai Bre. 
 
 Mre. L. Owlby— silence— and don't obtrude yotur terrors when 
 your betters are frightened. 
 
 Jul. I assure you, mamma, there's nothing to be frightened 
 •about— the Indians have associated with Christians long enov^ 
 to lose ail their vices except civilised ones, such as cheating, and 
 stealing, and drinking, and so on. 
 
 [MiKoo, who hae been concealed in a trett uthoope. 
 
 Owl. There's hoiror number one, three murders in the very 
 first page 1 
 
 Min. {'^oMi again — Ladiee scream and exeunt) Hal more 
 white fiues— I hate them all 1 Yonder fiit stranger has thf4 to rob 
 me of my bride, and henceforth there shall be war l)etii*«en the 
 pale skins and the Monkey's Uncle. I'll go and scalp t^at old 
 woman; it will ease my mind a little. {WhoopSf and rune 
 itfter them,) 
 
 SCENE III.— Aime ae I. 
 
 Enter Fondlbiquaw, with a long stick, and a blanket. 
 
 Fan. There is mv robe and wand, and now for the marriage 
 destiny of Cora. {Ladies scream without) Hal {sees the ladiee) 
 wore strangers i what do they want? ^Ladies enter running* 
 
16 
 
 THI WtOWAM. 
 
 Owl. gracious me, ma*a<m, don't let ni run any more ; the 
 horrid wretth hai missed us. I saw him take another path in 
 the wood. 
 
 /W. Let us astonish them. (Whoopt.) 
 
 [OwLBY/oMf OH her knees in terror. Mrs. Lobsoousb eUnga 
 to k-r. Julia advances, taking out purse, Fondlk-t 
 SQUAW eimes down with terrific strides and gestures. 
 
 Fon. Bosh koku mi gimme! bo gumberry bung. 
 
 Mrs,L, Wh— what's that— what does he mean, Julia — Olorl 
 
 OwL It's Indian, I know it's Indian, for threatening to scalp 
 us. It won't matter for you, ma'm, because you don't wear your 
 own hair. 
 
 Jul. You speak English, my good friend, no doubt 
 
 FoM. Nat bar jabberly biffin boffin. 
 
 Jul. Here, everybody understands this language (holds ou$ 
 money). /.' 
 
 Fon. Yars, him sawy a few Englands. Who him? (poJntTfv^s j 
 Mrs. Lobscouse.) 
 
 Jul. My mother. 
 
 Fon. Let him see. Child nice, sometimes mother dam ugly. 
 Let him see. 
 
 [Strides ferociously up to Mrs. Lobscouse, wAo hides her 
 face in her hands m terror, 
 
 Fon. Let see, him say. Dam ugly mug what can't be show. 
 Put down him paws. {Fulls away her hands, and obtains a fuU 
 front vie-jo of her face. The noment he does so, he utters a violent 
 howl — iffAicA lerrylM the toomen — and dashes into the tent t» three 
 strides,) • 
 
 Mrs, L. He's gwie t 
 
 OwL He's only gone to fetch his fire. In half an hour we shaH 
 all be dry toast. 
 
 Jul, 1 dont comprehend : the sight of mamma seemed to terrify 
 him. 
 
 OwL I know it used terrify me when I talked to the baker— <- 
 P — O ! (screams,) 
 
 /«;. What now? 
 
 Owk Here comes the little one again ! 
 
 Mrs. L, More horrors I Julia, our innocent blood lies at your 
 door. 
 
 OwLLotl does it? 
 
 Enter MiNoa 
 
 Min. (brandishing kntfe at Owley, who is nearest him and is 
 silting on the ground in terror.) This knife has catawompoused a 
 thousand enemies — it shall now catawempouse you, whey fiuse. 
 Are you ready ? 
 
 Otvl Not by some time. I've a great many things to say. 
 
 Min. I won't hear'em, so that's settled. Now ! 
 
 Owl. (struggling with him) Nay, my dear man, my beautiful 
 Indian, my friend I . . .\ 
 
 Plu. B«n 
 Jul Mai 
 Mrs.L 
 Jul. Do 
 Mrs. L. 
 Jul. Do 
 Mrs. L.- 
 Jul. No, 
 Mrs. L. 
 Jul. Yes 
 Mrs. L. 
 OwL Ye 
 Plu. (wl 
 lus beartnt 
 kop.s.) PI 
 7hite Bn 
 ittl. Vh 
 Plu. No 
 |his is my 
 ^ister8,an( 
 and kiss n 
 Jul. Ai 
 Plu. Y< 
 ladeahu 
 Jul. A 
 Plu, A 
 she'll gel 
 Jul, A 
 Plu. 1 
 I me, and 
 "Whera if 
 Jul, T 
 Plu, 1 
 M< Stoic oi 
 OwL 1 
 Plu. < 
 rooms ; : 
 forest is 
 where it 
 roadeth 
 Min, 
 Jul, ] 
 Plu, 
 
THI WIGWAM. 
 
 17 
 
 ^Min, I'm not beautiful^ I'm not your friend, I'm going, to finish 
 
 on off. 
 
 [MiNOO itanda over Owley, making horrible grimaeet and 
 gestures and Ivandishin/f his Knife, when Fhvrvr, hit 
 dress Indian,and his face streaked with war paint, rushes 
 on from back and throw» MiNOu off. Attitude* Music. 
 Mmao dashes into his wigwam. 
 
 Ptu. Beware ! the Little White Buffalo it here I 
 
 JuL Mamma! 
 
 Mrs.L What! what! 
 
 Jul. Do you cee ? 
 
 Mrs. L. Scarcely. 
 
 Jul. Do you see who that is 7 
 
 Mrs. L. Another Ravage ! 
 
 JuL No, don't you see, it's Fluffy,— my Fluffy. 
 
 Mrs. L. Plumpton ! 
 
 Jul. Yes. 
 
 Mrs, L. Fluffy turned Fagan ! 
 
 OuiL Yes ; it is Mr^ Ptuinpton. 
 
 Plu. (whose manner is now excited, and in strong contrast with 
 iis bearing when in English dress.) to Owley, You lie. {stie runs 
 to p. s.) Fluffy is no. more and Plumpton is abolished. Tlie Little 
 "^hite Buffalo wilt henceforth be the name on my visiting cards. 
 
 Jul. FluffV! 
 
 Plu, No, 1 tell you, there is no such person. I am an Indian — 
 |his is my tribe — the men are my brothers and the women are mv 
 listers, and {looking at Julia) when I kiss them they are glad, 
 ind kiss me again. Whoop I 
 
 Jul. And can you treat me thus ? 
 
 Plu. You'll see. This day I am made an Indian, this night I am 
 
 idea husband. 
 
 Jul. A husband 1 ' - - 
 
 Plu. A husband (aside). I did'nt think she'd follow me, but 
 f she'll get a harder lesson than she expected 
 
 JuL And who — ^what — 
 
 Plu. The fiiirest muden of this respectable tribe is set apart for 
 me, and the Little White Buffalo is about to wed the Deer's Foot. 
 I W^here is mjr lovely Cora, my bosom's idol. 
 
 JuL ThisiscrueL {er%es\ 
 
 Plu. Tears, — ^what are they ? An Indian sheds no tears ; the. 
 \** Stoic of the Woods" disdains a pocket-handkerchieC 
 
 OwL Nasty creature. 
 . Pht. Oo back to your refinements, your parlours and back-bed- 
 rooms ; your warming-pans, and your umbrellas. Henceforth, the 
 forest is my home. (asU^) I shall bring her to my senses. But 
 where is my &ther, hath he dreamed his dream, and have the gods 
 made their marks? 
 
 Min. Ha.I I forgot (steals out and away), 
 
 JuL Mr. Plumpton ! 
 
 Plu. Again that word. Where is my Cora. Ha ! she is here. 
 
 Enter Coba. 
 Come to my arms. 
 Cora. No, such is not the fashion of our maidens. 
 
 r 
 
 ■\ 
 
 
 / 
 
10 
 
 THB WIGWAM. 
 
 Plu. I'll behanged if tht isn't conTendonal too. She's no bftttr! 
 tfian Julia. 
 Cora, And bssides, the gods have not spoken. 
 
 [MiNOO eomt* <m with a piece qf ehatte in [hi* hand, \ 
 
 Min, Now (aeide) I must manage to mark the rocic 
 
 lOoeeup, and it teen creeping ttealthily up the roek, i 
 
 Mrt. L. Who is that creature, dressed in that indecent manner. 
 Plu, My bride, madam, my bride. 
 JuL What a depravrd taste ! 
 Pin, Yes, madam, my bride, expressly sent by Pravldenee. On 
 yonder rock redining, my— 
 
 [JanM and. tees MiNOO up alcjfi marking a great M an th» 
 rock, which he markt <Ams— W. 
 
 Min, There's M for Mingo. 
 
 [Pluppt ««t«es the Umgttick FoNULisiQuAW had l^,and 
 whopt MiNOO Ml the back, 
 
 Plu. Ah I would you t 
 
 Min. (Kicking) Get out, get out I let me alone. 
 
 Plu, {Continuing to hit him) What are you about, you Mon 
 key's Uncle ? Come down. Don't you know that place is exclu- 
 sive ? Come down. 
 
 Cora. Ohl I'll set this right TExit into tent 
 
 Plu, So you'd work the heavenly electrical telegraph, would 
 you? " M" tor " Mingo," I suppose. Very fine; and the stupid 
 savage has written it upside down. Do you think the gods would 
 soil thdr fingers by writing about you ? Come down {poket him 
 down.) 
 
 Enter Cora, dragghtg on Fondlbsquaw. 
 Plu, Ha, father 1 what's the news from your friends f (pointt 
 
 Fon. Curse it, I wish I could get her away t If 1 speak, she 
 may recogmse my voice;, if I don't, the tube may become suspi- 
 cious. 
 
 [MiNQO tummontet the Indiant, who come whooping in (U 
 back. 
 
 Owl. Now we are caught Well, I shall soon be toasted, be- 
 cause I'm cut thin ; but missus will take a deal of firiug. 
 
 Plu. The oracle, father— let's have itl 
 
 Indiant. The oracle— the rock. 
 
 Fon. Listen. 1 preferred to dream in my tent, because I had a 
 cold in my head. But the gods have spoken. See. 
 
 ITht Tribe gather towardt rock, 
 
 Plu, But I caught that fellow 
 
 Min. No, my brother and buffiilo, you didn't 
 ^011. Silence t that is their will (pointt). 
 
nil WIOWAM. 
 
 It 
 
 Mht. (ejruWng) Of courie. M stands for Mingo— I un MfaifO 
 
 -th«y menn me. 
 
 Fon. Do they t~you're out 
 
 Min. Out. 
 
 Fon. A* out M poMiblo. 
 
 Attn. Don't M stMul lor Mingo ? 
 
 Fon. Noi 
 
 Min. No r 
 
 Frn. No, not in the alphabet of the godt ; and if it did, that's 
 MBL 
 
 Aim. (iergamt) Not M ? 
 
 Fon. No, stupid. 
 
 Min, You get on the rock and lie down and look at it, that's 
 111 
 
 Fon. That's not the position in which decent people read ; there 
 [U the mark ; and it seems to me to be a W ;— now W ttands for 
 ^hite. 
 
 Min, Well. 
 
 Fon. Well, then, of course it means that the Little White Buffalo 
 Ithere is to wed the maiden Cora there. 
 
 Plu, Ofcourte it does, anybody can sec that 
 
 Min. Well, I am dammed. 
 
 Plu. Ceitainlvyouare. Then Coia is mine. 
 !• Fon. Yours, ror (tver. 
 
 Plu, For a week (aaide) at least 
 
 Min. A swindle! an entire swindle! and nothing else but a 
 rswindlel 
 
 JvLiA advances, 
 
 Jul. This is infamous, Mr. Plumpton. After all your tows to 
 me, your oaths, your— your caresses. 
 
 Cora. Caresses. I mmt kill that young woman, I see. {advaneea). 
 
 Jul. To ally yourself to an ignorant savage? 
 
 Cora, (ai'vancet, pushing away FLvrrY) And wherein is the 
 white face better than the savage ? 
 
 JuL Look at her dress. 
 
 Plu. Woman's first taunt, alwajrs. 
 
 Cora, (unth energy) Yes, look, and say whose dress is best. The 
 white girl wears many clothes, but has she health like Cora? The 
 white girl has shoes, which pinch her feet into a shape the gods 
 meant not, but can she run or dance like Cora ? The white girl's 
 waist is squeezed by steel and whalebone— is her shape better than 
 Cora's ? Can the white girl hunt, or if her husband is sick mUst he 
 starve,orcan the white girl cook? Cora can do both. Who will 
 make the best wife? 
 
 Plu. Julia, have you no answer to all this eloquence ? 
 
 JuL I — I should scorn to argue in my own fat our. But yol^— 
 you said you loved me, and I was, was foolish enough to Mlieve 
 you, and— (faints) 
 
 OwL Ah ! that's the white girl's favourite dodge— it never fails. 
 
 [Pluffy runs to Jvlia and supports her. 
 
 Plu. Here! Julia! dearest! I did not intend this. Here, water ! 
 I only meant to punish you for your coquetry. I do love you, 
 
ao 
 
 TSI W low AM. 
 
 heartily, wholly— thii wm only a freak. I'll marry you to morrow.] 
 How could I be such a brute. Water ! 
 
 Jill. (Looking up) Then you do love me. 
 
 Ptu. To (tistraction ; indeed you mutt «ee th>it I muit havt] 
 been dUtracted to leave you. 
 
 Jul. And you'll return home with ui ? 
 
 Plu. iMtantly, now, immediately, if not sooner. Where's tht 
 carriage. 
 
 C»a. (ttUting him) Hold. 
 
 pku Hold what? 
 
 Cora, 1 am now your wife. Where you go, 1 go. 
 
 Ji(«. Mygoodchlld^ 
 
 Cora. Where your tent la pitched it my home. I go with yo". 
 
 jut. Shake off that wretched creature. 
 
 Plu. Ahem— the shaking might fall to my share. Yuu scl, 
 Cora — 
 
 Cora. I see nothing but my affianced husband. 
 
 Mr*. L. Aa a mother-in-law, I ntust spvak. 
 
 P/m. Then we are sure of something disagreeable. But thii 
 can't be. I must resign my place in the tribe, and my Indian 
 wife. I regret it, but it must be to. 
 
 [_Murmursfr(m tht Tribe. 
 
 Pan. I shall have-BO vower over them If you insult them thus. 
 
 Plu, Why, vou wouldn't have me stay ? 
 
 Fen. I thinK you'd better— indeed, I think you must 
 
 Plu. Oh 1 comounded nonsense, I'll see the tribe at Jericho. 
 Do you mean that the tribe will furce me to stay against my will ? 
 
 Bin. Yes. Are you not one of us. To strengthen our number 
 We have taken you as a brother — we have given you our fidrest for 
 a bride. Seek to fly, and a shower of bullets from our rifles 
 CdUows your track. Brothers ! your guns ! 
 
 ITh' 'ndians, in a row, level at ?LVvrY, and Cora, w/io it 
 uefttre them^ cro-clies douta to be out of the Ime qf Jire. 
 
 The Tribe. Lay hold of him. 
 
 Lin. My father, let ut chop off his toes, then his escape is 
 impossible. 
 
 Fon, The thought is a happy one. 
 
 Undiont advance with tomafiaw^t. 
 
 P/m. Stop, my beloved brethren, stop a moment, will yOu f 
 One word to our revered fiither. {i'hey d.aw back) I tay, you 
 abominaltle oiJ savage, I'll serve yov ovr Do yof . jan to 
 manage my escape ? Ij,^ 
 
 Fon. I don't see any way. -^ 
 
 P/tt. Then, »ince you won't behave like a decent Indian, I'll 
 put the screw on. Mrs. Lobtcoute. 
 
 Mrs. L. Sir. 
 
 P/t(. What brought you to Canada! 
 
 Mrs, L Her Majesty's ship, Jupiter. 
 
 F.V But the object ? 
 
 A':r«. L. To find my runaway husband, or to read his epitaph. 
 
 /<«. Then why don't you go and embrace him? There he 
 stands, {points to FoNDLEaavAW.) 
 
tai WluWAM. 
 
 kl 
 
 V' V 
 
 \Fon. Betrayed! 
 \Mr$.L. That! 
 
 P/m. Go and loolc at him, can't you ? 
 |A/r«. //. Lobicouie, speak I 
 
 |p/«. No, they call him Fondlei>^uaw, fruiu hii amazing aAc- 
 »n for the women about here. 
 
 \Mr$, L, The wretch! [fifoei/o Poudlm^vaw- 
 
 IFoii. There's no um in attempdns Airtlier disguise. Yes, II n. 
 
 elaide Lobscouse, behold your iigured husband— 
 
 Mrt L. rwiiniured! We"' 
 
 l\n. 
 
 ^^'- 
 
 L. roil injured! Well! 
 
 Who, driren from his home by your unkindness, sought 
 
 r^ong these children of nature. 
 
 i> ml! master I And isn't he gofaig to catch it, hot and 
 
 Mrs. L. l( {aside) he does he'll nerer come home. We'll keep 
 ie explanation for Bloomsbury. No, my Lobscouse, no. I waj 
 Tong, very wrong, I ought to havit curbed my tongue. And did 
 
 drive him away, and (sobs) will he forgive bis pour wife, and 
 }me home again [.Lays her head on hit breast 
 
 Fon. That tone! that voice! It recats our honeymoon— c^ur 
 l>riet' but rapturous honeymoon. And will she be a good and mi- 
 fectionate wife? 
 
 Mrs, L. Try me, dearest I W// curb my temper, and oi\ce 
 Qore in our happy home in Bloomsburv — 
 
 Fon. " there !" as the gentleman says in the < Stranger,' 
 
 there: Adelaide, you may be mine again." (Th*iy embrace 
 toldh,,) 
 
 Cora, « These be your Christian husbands." 
 
 Otil. Yes, mis<i, they he, and very good husbands they are. 
 
 Mrs, L., Come let us leave these savages. 
 
 Indians^ {except. Mingo,) No ! no! 
 
 Bin. Let the women go. The &ther and the Buffalo will xtay. 
 
 Min. Mo. Let die Buffklogo. 
 
 Bin. Nather shall sdr. They are ours. Death to him who 
 ^attempts it. 
 
 Indians, Death! death! 
 
 Fon. Mrs. Lobscouse, my love. 
 
 Mrs. L. Oh ! don't bother me about love. We are all going to 
 be murdered. 
 
 Fon. Exaiedy so. And before we die, allow me to remind yo«i 
 I that if vou haan't driven me firom home I shouldn't be here, and 
 I if I hadn't been here I shouldn't be murdered. 
 
 Mrs. L. True, true. What can I do to save him. (Kneels) Oh ! 
 my good savages, my blessed Indians, if you'll only let my hus- 
 band go, I'll stay and be hanged, or burned, or anything likely to 
 amuse you. Only let him go. 
 
 Pon. Do you mean that! 
 
 Mrs. L. I do, I u J indeed. 
 
 Fom. Then you are a trump of a woman, and nothing Shall 
 
 ever part us again. {They embrace affectionately and go up, 
 
 r Trumpets heard in distance. Exit Bunco. 
 
 CortL Hark ! hark 1 I hear the white man's wa^-whoop. 
 
 ^Trumpets nearer. 
 
as 
 
 TBS WIOWAM. 
 
 P/ii. " We may be happy yet.' * 
 
 {^Trumpets again. Re-enter Minoo . 
 
 Plu. Those are English trumpets— after that blast you're all 
 not worth a damn. 
 
 Min A detachment of English cavalry comes up. 
 
 JuL Broueht by the officer who saw voi yesterday. Bless him. 
 
 Plu. He shall dance at our wedding in Montreal. 
 
 Bin. My br ther's resistance to them were useless. The white 
 men are bigger than we, and stand very little nonsense. The 
 strangers may go their way. 
 
 Cora, (earnestly) Farewell! you little Buffalo! I would have made 
 you a loving wife, had you chosen to remain with us in the firedh 
 air of the forest : Lut you prefer stays, and smoke. Farewell I 
 May you be happy with your white girU Cora is free again. 
 
 Min. You may be mine yet 
 
 Cora. Not if 1 know it. 
 
 IDraws knife. Exit MiNOO, hastily. 
 
 Owl. Saved, saved ! and we shan't be made into toast ! • 
 
 {^They come doym^ 
 Mrs. L. Now, gentlemen, when you have put yourselves into 
 
 dresses which a lady can look at 
 
 Fon, Then hey for England. 
 
 [/« going with Mrs. L., Cora stops him. 
 
 Cor. And you leave me, fiither, without one word of farewell ! 
 
 Fon, (embracing her) My child, 1 a.ii indebted to you for much 
 kindness and dutiful affection. Whenever you choose to cross 
 , the water, and come to us in Bloomsbury, a knife and fork, and 
 a bed-room shall be heartily at your service. 
 
 Mrs, L. And a Christian milliner. 
 
 Plu, And Julia, love, lend me a pencil and card (he mites) 
 Cora, whenever you shew that (gives her card) in Montreal, you 
 will find vourself protected and provided for the vovage. 
 
 Cora, (in a voice ofha\f melancholy) It is well. Our tribe is fust 
 failing, and I may one day claim your kindness. But I know not 
 what your friends in England will think of the Child of the 
 Woods. 
 
 Plu, That's soon settled — we'll ask them. (Takes her hand and 
 brings her to front*) For reasons, which it is perhaps unnecessary 
 for me to explain, I take rather a lively interest in this young 
 person If, upon another occasion, I should wish to introduce her 
 to you, may she expect a kind reception ? (Pause.) Then, with 
 your peimission, we'll say to-morrow evening. That's understood, 
 then 7 Thank you. 
 
 CURTAIN. 
 
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 '* Deddlftly a' new thing—a thorough novdty. • « • 
 The me nMrs of the tribe ire highly diverting personages. 
 The young English voyraer who meets Indian tnreats with 
 Lofidwn impudence, and looki amaxingly droll in a suit of 
 buJEblo hide, is acted in the true spirit of modem chivalry 
 by Keeley. • • • Altogether the * Wiowam' is a very 
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 giving, (rova the peculiar nature of the scenery and group- 
 pig, a picturesque appearance wUch dees not generally belong 
 to htcfi."— Times. 
 
 " Remarkable for the origfaiality of plot and smartness of 
 dialogue* It contains a practical philosophy almost beyond 
 farce- writ'ng. The * Wiowam/ in short, i» written in Indb 
 ink afltar Cooper's most* approved style. It met with great 
 success."— i- C*r"f»ic/e. 
 
 *'The story is well filled vp with very funny situations, 
 and very smartly written and chaacteiistic dialo|[ue. Thore 
 are some very witty things tit Uf and it was decidedly sue- 
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 ** A])other hij^y successful fiuee from the well-known 
 and clever pen of Shirley Brooks. It is crowded with jokes 
 KO,^ wittidsms, many of them hits at the doinas of the day, 
 ail of which told admirably, and were receited with roars?' 
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 " The author's attempt to be ' singularly wild and ori^- 
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 told with great effect"— ^Aeiueam. 
 
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 ** Likely to obtidn even a preater succesr tlian the author's 
 
 Erevious works« It is carefully^written, and tdls upon the 
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 " Very smart ahd amusing/'— /)o»^jffa« /erroM. 
 
 " A most excellent fiurce. It met with the must decided 
 success, and was received urith roars of langhter."— JI/tMtco/ 
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 ** That h^a long been wanting, a new farce, and the best 
 we have seen for many a day. It will becottic a stock piece." 
 
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