wear. The lads of the party wear buckskin breeches of knee-length, and
tan strapping over tan-colored stockings. They should all wear
moccasins, or imitation moccasins made of khaki, and embroidered in
beads.

THE INDIANS. The Indians wear suits resembling those of Boone and his
followers, save that they have painted insignia and bead and shell
embroidery. Black Fish has a great black fish painted on his khaki
costume. All wear moccasins. All have feathered head-dresses and
war-paint. The war-paint of Black Fish is scarlet and black, and he
wears an immense black head-dress of feathers that is longer and
handsomer than those of any of the others. Eagle's Feather wears a
scarlet head-band and one huge gray eagle's feather in it, stuck
upright. For further description of Indian finery see description of
braves in "Princess Pocahontas." The blankets and baskets can be the
same in this play as in that one.

PROPERTIES. The hollow tree can be made of two halves of barrels
fastened together, and stood upright by means of props put behind it.
It should be painted dark brown inside and out, or covered with
dark-brown burlap flecked with black and white for lichen. Green vines
can be hung about it, and it should stand well in the background,
resembling a rotting and blasted tree as much as possible.


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EPISODE

CHARACTERS

YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN