Tecumseh : a Drama
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When the white men first set foot on our shores, they were hungry; they had no places on which to spread their blankets or to kindle their fires. They were feeble; they could do nothing for themselves. Our fathers commiserated their distress, and shared freely with them whatever the Great Spirit had given to his red children.
From TECUMSEH'S speech to the Osages .
TECUMSEH (Chief of the Shawanoes) .
THE PROPHET (Brother of Tecumseh) .
TARHAY (A Chief in love with Iena) .
STAYETA (Chief of the Wyandots) .
MIAMI, DELAWARE, KICKAPOO and DAHCOTA CHIEFS. Warriors, Braves, Josakeeds and Runners .
MAMATEE (Wife of Tecumseh) .
IENA (Niece of Tecumseh) .
WEETAMORE, WINONA and other Indian Maidens .
Charles Mair
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TECUMSEH
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
TECUMSEH
SCENE FIRST.—THE FOREST NEAR THE PROPHET'S TOWN ON THE TIPPECANOE.
SCENE II.—ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST.
ACT II.
SCENE FIRST:—BEFORE THE PROPHET'S TOWN.
SCENE SECOND—VINCENNES—A STREET.
SCENE THIRD. THE SAME. A ROOM IN GENERAL HARRISON'S HOUSE.
SCENE FOURTH.—THE SAME. THE PORTICO OF GENERAL HARRISON'S HOUSE. AN OPEN GROVE AT A LITTLE DISTANCE IN FRONT.
ACT III.
SCENE SECOND.—TECUMSEH'S CABIN IN THE PROPHET'S TOWN.
SCENE THIRD.—AN ELEVATED PLATEAU, DOTTED WITH HEAVY OAKS, WEST OF THE PROPHET'S TOWN.
SCENE FOURTH.—TECUMSEH'S CABIN.
SCENE FIFTH.—AN OPEN SPACE IN THE FOREST NEAR THE PROPHET'S TOWN. A FIRE OF BILLETS BURNING. WAR CRIES ARE HEARD FROM THE TOWN.
SCENE SIXTH.—MORNING. THE FIELD OF TIPPECANOE AFTER THE BATTLE. THE GROUND STREWN WITH DEAD SOLDIERS AND WARRIORS.
SCENE SEVENTH.—THE RUINS OF THE PROPHET'S TOWN.
ACT IV.
SCENE FIRST.—A ROOM IN FORT GEORGE.
SCENE SECOND.—YORK THE CAPITAL OF UPPER CANADA. THE SPACE IN FRONT OF OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
SCENE THIRD.—THE SAME.
SCENE FOURTH.—FORT DETROIT.—THE AMERICAN CAMP.
SCENE FIFTH.—SANDWICH, ON THE DETROIT.—A ROOM IN THE BABY MANSION.
SCENE SIXTH.—MOONLIGHT. THE BANK OF THE DETROIT RIVER, NEAR THE BABY MANSION.
SCENE SEVENTH.—THE SAME.
SCENE EIGHTH.—THE HIGHWAY THROUGH THE FOREST LEADING TO FORT DETROIT—THE FORT IN THE DISTANCE; CANNON AND GUNNERS AT THE GATE.