‘The Indian’

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Presented by Frederic Leopold, White Eagle-Myron Calice. Lieut. Gordon-Joseph Green. First time on any stage. 22 min, FS, 2 shows. Carry their own scenery and drops. A very striking picture of Arizona desert and life. The Indian comes on leading a horse, and after a soliloquy about water, the motif of the playlet unfolds. The Apache Indian is wanted for the murder of a white man who has betrayed his daughter. He is followed into the desert by cavaliers. The horse perishes under him and leaves him lost. He encounters White Eagle, begs for water, and the Indian tells him the story of the white man’s wrongs. He closes by telling him that there is one white man whom he would give water, that is, the Officer who saved his daughter and her child. This person the officer proves to have been himself. The Indian thereupon gives him water, and his horse also, and tells him to go back to the fort, while he remains to perish. The two characters are well drawn and very strong. It would be an improvement if some of the long speeches were cut, but it is a clever sketch for Vaudeville, and with a little more work, will hold the interest still stronger. Closed with good hand and received encore. The stage setting is a picture. Although this is very serious, on the whole I am of the belief that with proper cutting down of speeches, it will pass muster anywhere on the Circuit, for the motif is very tragic and melodramatic, and parts of it are written eloquently and convincingly. Further comment later in the week.

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