The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-03

and two little daughters, settled in
their log cabin home. Antoine was a
native Of Montreal, where he had mar.
rfed a beautiful English girl, to whom
the two heroines of our story were
born. Octavia was a beautiful little
golden haired, blue-eyed girl of five,
while Leah was very dark-decidedly
French, like her father. They had only
been in their log cabin a few months,
when being short Of food, the father
started out to see what the forest
could give him to replenish the larder.
When little Leah ran after him, and
begged to ''go too," he couldn't resist
her pleadings, so at the commanding
age of four, she trudged along with
her father into the forest, he little
knowing that he is so soon to take
the journey from which no traveller
returns. Poor little Leah, in will
derness alone, is picked up by Chip
pewa Indian called Michabo, and
taken to his wigwam where he and
his wife, Ampata, having no children,
take care of her and love her as their
own. They call her "The White
Squaw", and hide her when white peo-
pie come around fearful that she
might be taken from them. At the
, opening of our play, Leah has grown
to young womanhood, believing herself
to be squaw. She dresses the same
as the Indians, and thinks Michabo
and Ampata are her parents. She is
now eighteen and has never seen a
white woman since she can remember,
and very few white men. Jacque
Cautier, Canadian trapper, is the
first to come to the wigwam. He
thinks Neamata, as she is now called,
exceptionally bright; he teaches her
French which she learns very rapidly.
Bruce Marshall, trader for the John
Jacob Astor Fur Co., also takes up
camp near there. The little squaw
now speaks French and what little
English Jacques could teach her.
Bruce also becomes interested in her
education, so at the beginning of our
play Neamata speaks small words
perfectly, and reads and writes them.
She loves Bruce, whom she calls "a
beautiful man'-as, she has never seen
man so fair. Jacques loves Nea-
mata, although she is not aware Of the
fact. He becomes very jealous of
Bruce, until Bruce assures him his in
terest in Neamata was only study.
He looked. upon her as a character
study such as he had never seen.
Everything is harmonious until the az
rival of Charles Renaud and wife, who
bring with them the beautiful blonde
friend Of Bruce, who is none other
than Octavia, Neamata's sister Nea-
mata thinks Octavia the most beau
tiful creature she has ever seen, and
wishes God had made her white girl
instead of a squaw. Neamata would
love Otacavia, but Octavia is not the
kind of girl to make friends with
suuaw, and when Neamata learns
Bruce and Ottawa are sweethearts, she
is broken-hearted at first, then so
many unkind things are said to her,
she becomes very bitter. When Bruce
learns that the beautiful girl he is so
soon to make his. wife had already
been married to Jacques Cauter's
brother, who fought a duel and lost
his life for her he denounces her in
very bitter terms. Jacques b!ames her
for the loss of his only brother, and
Octavia, though only an unfortunate
victim of circumsts is left
bToken+hearted in her tepee. 1t Is
here proven that blood is thicker than
water, for, not knowing tier relation
shin. poor little Neamata comes TO
Octavia, and one of the prettiest
scenes ever put on the stage takes
place between these two sisters, who
are SO vastly different.
The attractions will be seen at the
opera house On Thursday, April I.