The next act will be Fremont telling about his first and second trip to the West.
Secretary to President: Fremont and his famous guide, Kit Carson, have returned from their second exploring trip to the West and await outside.
President: Show them in.
(Enter Fremont and party).
Fremont: I have just returned from my explorations, and would like to tell you of the trips. On my first trip I left Kansas City and followed the Kansas River to the South Pass. On my second trip I followed the same route to the South Pass, where I took four men, and continued on, to the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains.
One of the Men: While there and on the top, we unfurled the stars and stripes in all its glory.
Fremont: Then I decided to cross the mountains. After many weary months we beheld a great lake.
One of the Men: You can imagine what feelings stirred the breasts of men shut in for months by mountains, at seeing what appeared to us to be an ocean here in the midst of a continent.
Fremont: As we strained our eyes along its silent shores, I could hardly repress the almost desire to continue our explorations.