The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-29
PRoLo

PROLOGUE.
Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple,
Who have faith in God and nature.
Who believe that In all ages
Every human heart is human,
That In even savage bosoms
There are longings, yearnings, strivings
For the good they comprehend not,
That the feeble hands and helpless,
Cropping blndly in the darkness,
Touch Gods right hand IN that darkness
And are lifted up and strengthened
Listen to our simple story
With this majestic quotation from
Hiawatha the action OF the magnif-
cent pageant drama, THE Bridge Of
the Gods" is introduced. The stage
Is bit OF natural forest with swift
flowing stream in the foreground,
rocks, cliffs, and hills in the back
ground. Farther to the rear, with the
lake at its feet-in accurate reproduc-
tion in miniature of the natural noun
tain--stands Mt Hood, its peak sill
houetted against the sky. About this
mystic mountain clings the romance
which is woven into the drama.
Imposing and realistic scenic effects
and heroic action, rather than spoken.
text, characterize the drama. The
speaking characters being mostly In
original type, the language throughout
is characterized b. vigorous tarse-
ness-eloq tent in its ciction and i'm
pressive in tie story told.
"The Bridge Of the Gods Is dra.
matization OF the Indian legend mads
immortal by y. H. Balch in his story
of the same name-one OF the most
popular as well as most realistic and
thrilling themes in American literature.
A Missionary Scene.
The opening scene shows a Puritan
church In 1890, from which the first
missionary is sent to the Indiana, Cecil
Gray. a young preacher who has seen
vision OF natural bridge spanning
q great river in the far mountain land
of the savage Indians and has heard
a call from God to carry the story
of the cross to these benighted people.
Scene Shifts to the West.
The real drama begins with the
second scene which shows an Indian
camp on the Columbia river az 1t IS
found by Cecil Gray at the end OF his
perilous wanderings in search OF the
mysterious natural bridge. He Is re-
ceived as a great medicine man from
even to enter that country.
He learns the story of the bridge
which the Indians call "Ths Bridge
OF the Gods" The legend OF thu med
icina men is that so long as the bridge
stands there shall be powerful fed
GRAFTON OF the tribes OF the Wanna
columbia river); that the tribe OF the
Willamettes shall be the chief tribe
and its chief the great chief Of all
the tribes. II the anger OF the gods
shall destroy the bridge 1t shall be
sign Of the passing OF the rule Of
the Willamettes.
The action OF the drama is swift
and tragic. Wallulah, the daughter
of the Great Chief Multnomah, meets
Cecil and their mutual love is instan-
taneous and as tragic as the theme
requires. She is the daughter Of an
Asiatic princess who was shipwrecked
on the Oregon shore, discovered by
the Indians and finally taken as wife
by the great chief Wallulah has none
of the Indian characteristics, but her
gentle heart is filled with the senti-
mentality Of the orient tempered with
great love for peace and beauty.
1onin9 OF tHe Wnite WAN.
Her indian father has betrothed
her to the young chief Snoqualme up
on whom he proposes to confer the
great chieftaincy as his successor,
because he is the bravest and most
cruel Of all the young chiefs Of the
federated tribes.
When her father tells Wallulah OF
his plans and tries to instl into her
heart love of the savage ways she begs
to be permitted to remain at home in
her mothers lodge, pursuing her gen
tie ways OF peace, but the stern father
is unrelenting
To Wallulan the coming of the mis-
sionary, Cecil. is the fulilment of a
prophecy of her mother, who died
years before the time depicted by the
drama She tells Cecil that her real
Oriental name means "She Who
Watches For the Morning" She de-
fies the efforts Of her father to make
her lover of the ways of the savage.
At meeting OF the great council
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