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The stage shows a Western fort, with the chorus girls spread about the stage picturesquely attired in tights to represent cowboy costume.
It appears in a vague sort of way that the garrison is besieged by Indians, and an Indian chief is brought in as hostage. This is made the excuse for an Indian song with the chorus in costume. A knife fight eventuates between the Indian chief (George T. Davis) and the commander of the fort (Charles H. Mackie), in which the former is worsted, but permitted to depart unharmed. Then the garrison settles back to its siege. The tedium of waiting is lightened by Misses Hayes and Carew, in cowboy character, reciting a story of an adventure in a cattle stampede. Upon the finish of the verses the curtain falls, leaving the Indians still besieging the fort. Nothing comes of the knife fight, an inexcusable breach of all dramatic procedure.
Nevertheless the series of detached episodes which go to make up the sketch arouse a degree of interest, and the musical incidentals kept the act moving entertainingly.
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Variety 10:2 (10/12/1907)