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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 r r'C*^r \o a3' ^7 PONTEACH OR THE Savages of Ameiica. ) *Al ^rf ^R AGEiD Y. « * :^V1W:»^ •fcfAi' iT •^ ;;'!••..; ;.;;L;. p.: N D O N: .. : frbtcd fori Author ; ancl.,So]d by T. Mulan^ ^ . oppofitc the ^^yWra/fy, Whitiiall M.DCC.LXVl [Price 2 s. 6d. ] -1 1^ Dramatis Perfonae. FoNTEACH, Indian Emperor on the great Lakes. Thimi' and Che-|^^^^ ^y Ponteach. KITAN, - 5 Tenesco, - - His chief Counfellor and Generahffmo. ^;'Jbear!' -' llndhnKingsz;.bojoinwith?oniczr.h, i'he^NoLT, - J TT J • 1 ToRAX .iml Uo.\:^on end ^^'-'S^f^'Jl Hendnck, NELiA - S Emperor cf the Moh^^^ks. Indian - - " Ccnjursr. French - - - i'»'''J^' cTr^u.'', - " InreeVAV^WlhGo-rrnors. CaTCHUM, - J ^ .r ■ n iokne' Cock., m, { Commnders at a Gamfcn ,n t on- a'r!;?;;; Frisk, i teach'. C.«./.J. IvI-DuLE <;wi X^t-wQ Indian Tracers. MURPHKV, - i IIONNVMAN ^'''^•^7,7--^.(, EngliHi //.7»/«rJ. Orsbo'jrn» ^ Mrs.HoN>:vMAW, /-^^ /^ I lonnyman/Z^* /;««/«=>•. Wii'^norsy Afep'-gers, &c. 9437^5 ^ V. PONTE ACH O R T H E Savages of America. ACT SCENE I. I. -^« Indian Trading Hcufe. Enter M'Dole ^«^ Murj.boy, T:,o Indian Traders, and ibeir Servauls. M'Bole. SO, MurpJ.-o', you arc come to try your Fortune Amv)ng the Savages in this wild Defart ? Murj>hey. Ay, any Thing to get an honefl: Which 'fliich I find it hard enough to do • ''''"^* Times ar.'.- ^o dull, and Traders arc fo plcn'cy, That Gain^' are {,n^]:., and Profits come but flow. ■^ 3 M'Dole. rjmtJ'^I^ 4 P O NT E A C H; A/'D./<-. Are you experienc'd in this kind of Trade? Know you the Principles by which it profpcrs, And how to make it lucrative and fafe ? If not, you're like a Ship without a Rudder, That drives at random, and mult furely fnik. Murphey. I'm unacquainted with your Indian Ccm- [mcrcci And gladly would I le.-.rn the Arts from you, Who're old, and praftis'd in them many Years M'Dolc. That is the curft Misfortune of our Traders, A thoufand Fools attempt to live this Way, Who might as well turn Minilters of State'. Bur, as you are a Friend, ! will inform you Of all the feciet Arts by which we thrive. Which if all praftis'd, we might all grow'rich, Nor circumvent each other in our Gains. What have you got to part with to the Indian ? Murphry. I've Rudi andBlank.ts, Wampum, Fow- [dcr. Bells, And fuch-like Trifles as they're wont to priise. M^Bule. 'Tis very well : your Articles are goo^ • But now the Thin-'s to make a Profit from them, ' Worth all y..i;r Toil ar,d Pains of coming hither*. Our fundamental Maxim then is this. That it's no Crime to cheat and gull an Indian. Murphey. How ! Not a Sin to cheat an Indian, f^y you ? Arc they not Men ? hav'nt they a Right to Jullice A3 well ^b wc, though lavage in iheir Manners ? MLots 1 ATRAGFDV ;^'""''""P-fG™ depends „;■;,. *-^r e\er vvil or CM! hv 7-,^' i- 7) I • » ' <-■ "1 ny liid n't Commerri* XX , , "'■-tn'- -T thv.li /'■iiorance • A'K.g«,fuiJsc„petop„a„r"r:: /"'^• AT,, e , , '^ ^^'" "1 quick Return • ^^ '^ But w^ W t I f ). 6 P O :T T !• A C H: Hist here vliey cciv.c j yo;/!! ft;;* how I pr'^r^nT. y fk, is the Kum prcpar'u as I cor: ■■;; ? jack. Yes, Sir, all's ready wlicu - . j ita'c to rail. M Dole. Bnnri liere the Scales .H; ! . . . ' '. :.. irnne- diaicly. You fee die Trivk Is caTy ami conmai'd. j Slci;in^ kc-.j lo lilp ih-: Scales. Murphy. By JuplUr^ it's aitl' " v ^ . •, And was I Kinj.^ I fw u' I'd Unijjii. . ■ ■ ■> or, —Tcm, mind tne I'.ut il.ai. you v ;:1 u..\w Uinii, Tom. All, ncvi-r icar, lii liu ,: \i^\\ ^<, J.ick. Bot ti.rn, yo I kno.v, an I-.or.ffl Servant'^ i'an.s Deferves Reward. Mu'plO'' O ! ril '..'-■- ■ ire of tlla^ £v.Vr a A'/iJ.vw (,' . '■ c/ j'iir. d, hot, ^r j ly? Ihii-.n. So, ^> h.U ^ to-day ? M:D:c. Y: "..■■■, Rum ? M'-'Dole. Jackj brinrj r. Botric, pour !:h; m i;aLh a Gill. Y'ju know which Cafl; contains tnc Rum. The Rnrii ? jy/ /W/rt;?. It's good flroiig Rum, I f -S ir very footi. M'Dole. Give- 'me r. ^::;!*i. Hc'-c's Haifily in Trade ; Wc En^iifj always diin!: before wc d;;,il, 2d Indian. f*) II ■iifc'iW irrine- ATRAGF. DY ^d Mian Good Way enough ; it makes one fharp and cuniung. ' .1/'Z)i7' more "'^'onu. i cannot give you T/.er.;s T„i„; Pounds p„c;,„ ^:t^^^ .^'"*- >rf. mealurc .t .0 ,he„, , y„„ ,,>„„ ,|,^ ^a " rimRu^ufold You draw ic off „,;bTft Hour ^ "'°'^ '" a ^'"i!.fc Than ever I have done in Half a Year : Curie M '• 8 P O N T E A C II : Ciirfe on my Moncfty! I might have been A Huh King, and llv'd without Concern, I lad I but known the proper Arts to thrive. M^Dole. Ay, ilicre's the Way, my honcll Frirnc?, to live. W^rpi"S ^''-f Shcu'Jtr. There's Ninety Weight of Sterling Beaver fur you, Worth all the Rum and Trinlceis in my Store •, And, would my Confclence let m? do the Thing, I might enhance my Price, and Icflcn theirs. And ralfc my Profits to an higher Pirch. Murph.j, I can't but tliank you for your kind In- ftrudions, As from them I expedl to reap Advantage, But fiiould the Dogs detcft me in the Fraud, I'hcy arc malicious, and would have Rcvcngp. Let tiicir Vcn. -m MDok. Ca'i'c you avoid t' geance li^bt Cn. others Heads, no matter whnfc-, if you Aie but fccure, and have tl.e Gain in Hand : For they're indiflfrent where they take Revenge, \v'hethcr on him that cheated, or his Friend, Of on a Stranger whom they never faw, Pornaps an honeft feafant, who, ne'er dreamt 0[ Frj'jd or Villainy in all his Life ; Such kr them murder, if they will a Score, 'i he Guilt is theirs, while we fecure the Gain, Noi llKi!! we feel the bleeding Victims Pain. S C E N F, ATRAGEDY. ^ S C E N E II. ^ T^efart. _ „ , Orjhettrn. L n'c"" '"' ""'''• ""' ""eM Ch. Woo* ,■„ ,,;„ No I „. ,„, K:,„,, b..r,rf„ i, ^«„f ^,_ " '""f. tac>M,„„,,e„k„ ,„,.,, „,"'■• An' ^,jr OrJJmrn, Well tallo./d, ui-h, and r ': upon 'em. [7*^ '/ • We might have hunt-d all the Sfafoi ■' For Half this Game, and thought ■ Honnyman. By Jove, wc mi^hr, Expence For Lead and Powder, Ixii^*^ a fljmlj ; -, Orjlwurn. I fwear 1% e got r.s mrch .... i ' Honnyman. And fait'i T.u i;,t bhiaj • heavy. But flop ; we mufl concc,--: the tawny D-(-'> Or their blood-thirfly Countrymen will r " ' And then we're bit. Ther-'il be the I\ They'll murder us, and chc-t the Hj^i^-. ,, '. Orjlcurn. Right. We'll prevent ail '■'■ " this Kind. Where fhail we hide their Tivage Cuc^f,^ ? 'tic, can' !>. .. II % ':ni:y":an. r ; '\ PON TEACH. HoHny,nan. There they will lie conceal'd an^ C dc;.e-- ''^"'^'"^^^>oncr hud than i- - i eijow s painted grcafy Skull. An' farcl,c,rGI,„ftswiin»u„t„si„elu.n:;^ Ho,.,.a. n-s no „,„.e M.rd„ t(..„ :;,,.. , jVjiu as to riaunfmo- 7V, ,'; i ^"^'"g» -^"^^v-w have no GhoPc ':: ^n^^ 'r ^''- ^-^^^' ^'*- Beaaf !;;-;^,. > ve .,11 d a Dozen m this f.!|.f,„^e Way ^*nd..v,r yet wa.trcubkdv.i,j; their S^nt.. Oijhs'un, 0; And But' OrtI And But ti Thus And I I I'h.y'r I Of W^, ' I vviHi fri/k ; J'd find i' Nor ll> The mc : The mo ■ Befides, 1 Talks 01 I Perditiof I I'd let 't -^I'd and fnog y cov,r iL-;ji. ° a War, y Ca/h, s worth r.^vfng. >oner /;„d thali' ull. "iy Knife's de- d dreads die 'P d, : Dark. ^0 crack a I re. 7 die. ^ TRAGEDY. ,^ 0;7^.«n; T 'm content; myScrupIes are remov'd. And what IV ne, n.y Confcience juftifies. But we muft have tbefe Guns nnd Hatchet, alter'd Or the, '1, detect th'Aifair, and h.ngXf'- IJ..vo:an. That's quickly done-Let us wit'h Speed return, ^ And think no more of being hang'd or haunted , B t turn our tur to Goki, our Gold to Wine, Ihus^gadyfpend what weVefoHily won. And bids the firll Inventor oFa Gun. ^ExeunL SCENE iir. ^« Engli/li Fcrl. Enter Colonel Cockum and Captain FriHc. C'ickum. Oft'' ^"''"^^'^^ '^/^'•y ^-^y '^ith rheir Complaints Of V.rongs and Injuri.s, and God knows what- I -i^H'^DevUwouId t.ke them to himfelf: Due"" '"''"''' ''^^' '^ ^^^^ '^^ ^'''^^ '^'S i'd fend the noify HeJhounds packing hence, ^or Ipcnd a Moment in debating with thl^ ' The more you give Attention to LirMurn^Jrs The more they'ii pl.gue and haunt you ev y I ^alk of h:s Power, and threatens whai hc'JI do Pechnon to their faithk-fs footy Souls. * '' '"'- ^""^^' ^^ ^"^^ to keep their Dirta^ce. C'M kum. i f4 PON TEACH: C<7f^//»i. Captain, You're right; theirlnfolencc isfuch ■As beats my Patience ; curfed Mifcreants ! They are encroaching ; fain would be familiar : I'll fend their painted Heads to Hell with Thunder! I fwear I'll blow 'cm hence with Cannon Ball, And give tlie Devil an Hundred for his Supper. Friji. They're coming here ; you fee they fcent your Track, And wiiil" you'll liRen, they will ne'er be filent. But every Day iu)prove in Iniblence. Odiu/i. I'll Toon dili)utch and ftorm them from my Prckncc. ErUcr Ponteach, mul oiher Indian Chiefs. Vunieach. We!!, Mr. Colonel Cockum, what d' they call you ? You give no Anfwer yet to my Complaint ; Your Men give my Men always too much Rum, Then trade and cheat 'em. What! d'ye think 'this right ? C^ti«w.Tu(h! Silence! hold your noify curfed Non- fen fe ; I've heard enough of it; what is it to me ? Ponteach. What ! you a Colonel, and not command your Men ? L t '^v'ly one be a Rogue that has a Mind to't. Cockii:n, Why,curibyourMcn,If;,ppoft: they wanted I Runi ; ^ I'hcy'i; laicly be content, I know, without if. P.nUa^k. What then ? If Indians are fucli Foolc I rhii.k .' \Vh:io \\l .. .M:.^ you Hiould ^o^ and teach them better. Co.kum, ^ No ft / Wc H: irinfolenccisfuch reams ! e familiar : 1 with Thunder ! inon Ball, r his Supper. u fee they fcent Jr be filent, m them from my an Chiefs. w, what d' they plaint ; much Rum, y ye think this )iry curfed Non- me ? d not command Mind to't. ofe they wanted hout if. I fuch Fools, I ch them better. Co.kim, ATRAGEDY Cocku.. rm not a Pedagogue to your curs'd Mial Ponteach. Colonel, I hope that vnn'li r}'"'^'^'' Frijk, Why don't youle 1 cJ ''f ^'^ ''"■^• hear you ? ^"^^""'^ ^'" "OC You'd better go and watch your Men yourfelf. No plague us with your curfed endlefs Noife We ve fomethjng .\k to do of more Importance Ponuach, Hah! Captain ^.^, what I ^la great man too ? / " «* great By BusW. here is only with your Colonel, ' f '^ '^'f: ' ">0"Sl>t the a^/4» had been better IWen .<^a„/W». would al,.,s heat an i^r, i And anfwer fair, and make good Promifes. C.ta^You«aybed-d,a„dallyo„f.«,«, i'.„«A Be d-d! what's that M do not unde. C«i«,^Th=Devilteachyou,he'lldo it without i-^toA Th6 Devil teach 1 I ,hi„,, ,„„ „„, ^^^^^ Did your King tell you thus to treat the W.„ . Had he been iuch a Dunce he ne'er had conquer'd And made the running f„„,i for Quarter cry I always mind thatfuch proud Fools are CowLs, And never do aught that is great or good. TWef" ''°'"' '"P'"*™"' y™ ^"«'d old This Moment leave my Fort, and to your Country. Let II t i6 P O N T E A C a Let me hear no more of your hellifh Clamour, Or to D n I will blow you all, And fcall the Devil wit h one hearty Meal. Pomacb. So ho ! Know you whole Country you are in ? Think you, becaufe you have fubdu'd the Frefjcb^ That Indians too are now become your Slaves? This Country's mine, and here I reign as King; I value not your Threats, nor Forts, nor Guns° I have got Warriors, Courage, Strength, and Skill. Colonel, take care ; the Wound is very deep, Confidcr well, for it is hard to cure. [Exeunt Indians. Frijk. Vile Infidels! obferve their Infolence ; Old Ponleach puts on a mighty Air. Cockum. They'll always be a Torment till dellroy'd, And fent all headlong to the Devil's Kitchen. This cur<:'d old Thiel, no doubt, will give usTrouble, Pfovok'd and madded at his cool Reception. Frilk.Q\x\ Colonel, they arc never worth our minding, What can they do againft our Bombs and Cannon .? True, they may fkulk, and kill and fcalp a few, Bur, Heav'n be thank'd, we're fafe within thefe Walls : Bdidc?, I think the Governors are coming, To make them Preients, and eftablilh Peace. Cockum. That may perhaps appeafe their bloody Minds, And keep thrm quid for fome little Term. God kvM rlie Day tluit puts them all to fleep, Ccmc, wij! you cr..ck a B.tde at my Teat ? Fnfk. I '-.( -lamour, eal. Country you he French^ Slaves ? as King ; " Guns 5 and SkilJ. deep, nt Indiana. )]ence ; till deflroy'd, :lien. e usTrouble, cion. our mindingj i Cannon ? ) a few, thefe Walls : eace. heir bloody n. fleep, at? Piifk. '7 n to A TRAGEDY. fri/):. With alJ my Heart, and drink D- ♦_. them. ^1 tockum. I can in nothing mdre fincerely join. f [Exeunt. « SCENE IV. j An apartment in the Fort. Enter Governors Sharp, Gripe, and Catchum. Sharp. HERE are we met to reprefent our King, And by his royal Bounties to conciliate Thef. ludtans Minds to Friendfhip, Peace, and Love Uut he thac would an honeft Living get , In Times fo hard and difficult as thefe, Mull mind thac good old Rule, Take* care of One Gripe. Ay, Chriftian Charity begins at home : I think It's in the Bible, I know I've read it Catchum. I join with Paul, that he's an Infidel \>^ho does nor for himfcif and Friends provide. , Sharp. Yes, Paulm faft was no bad Politician. ^And underftood himfelf as well as moft. ■ All good and wilb Men certainly take care I To help themHilvts and Families the firft • I Thus didtates Nature, Inftind, and Religion, ^ Whofb eafy Precepts ought to be obey'd. ' ^^^y\ ^" ^'"'^ "^"^ ^"^'^ ^ff^'^ our prefent Purpofe ? We ve heard the Dodlrine ; what's the Application?' . ^ ^joarp We are ir.crufted with thele Indian Prefents I A 1 houfand Pound was granted by die Kin Peace. ■ Jiite Divifion, flatter : fe Goods, >uertion) every End, 'cace :ow'd ? ^U if we affirm by the King. )ne Third wou'd ' the Worth •w to add ount. reat Misfortune, ave Schools, = poor Heathen. 3le eafy Rules, ifelps, iCs. Practice now j makes ;ion. )feil. h Gcadjy Sec. 'etch a nobie ' think. Slarp. ATRAGEDY. ^^ ibarp. The iMdiam will be very fond of thcfe Is there the Half, think you ? Gripe. It's thereabouts. Caicbum. This Bag of Wampum maybe added yet Siarp. Here, Lads, convey thefc Goods to our Apartment. Servant. The Indians, Sir, are waiting at the Gate. Gripe. Conduit them in when you've difpofed of* thefe. '^ Caicium. This /hould have been new-drawn before they enter'd. [pu/iing cut an Inventory of the whole Goods Gripe. What matters that ? They cannot read, you know. And you can read to them in gen'ral Terms. Enter Ponteach, with fever al of his Chieftains. Sharp. Welcome, my Brothers, we are glad to meet you. And hope that you will not repent our coming Ponteach. We're glad to fee our Brothers here the Englifh. If honourable Peace be your Defire, We'd always have the Hatchet buried deep. p VVh^i^un and Moon, Rivers and Lakes endure. S And Trees and Herbs within our Country grow. But then you muft not cheat and wrong the Indians, O treat us with Reproach, Contempt, and Scorn, Eife we will ra.fe the Hatchet to the Sky And let it never touch the Earth again Sharpen its Edge, and keep it bright as Silver Ba ' Or Jo„r OfBcers, your Colonels, ,„d your Capuin, ■ Are proud, n,orofe, ill.natur'd. cl.urU Men Irea, us wi.h DJlrefpea, Contempt, and Sc'orn I ell you plainly this will never do, ' We never thus were treated by the Fn„ci, r,.rT,°"*!" '''' r"^''' '""■^■"k you worre «.-^ There s good and bad. you Unow. in ev.;y There's fomegood I„J!a„:, feme are thereverfe Whom you can-t govern, and reftrain from i, ' So there s (onie M„^;ijfj„„„ that will be bad ' i ou mull not mind the Conduft of a ftw N'^judgethereftby whatyoufeeofthL. 1 here every one are Rogue... and Knave,, and Pools And th.nk no more of /W,„v.v than of Doos ^ourK,nghadbet.„ fend his good Men hkher. And keep l„s bad ones in fome other Cuntrv • hen you would find i\m I„d,.„s would do well He pe.ccablo, and honed in their -Ifadc ; . We'd C tl: fi Blood. fon to complain 'u Offence, 'e it is fjffli, ind Icverc. drunk, and then 'ur Captains h Men, and Scorn. nk you worfe. know, in every he leverfe, from ill i I bad. them. 'hy don't you ?«, and Fools, Dogs. n hither, -ountry ; i do well, '» . wed I ATRAGEDY. j,, ■ rnd'R!7T'u"?"'' -°-f'--i^and Brothers, And Raifc the Hatchet only in your Caufe : ^ ^^/'^- ?"■■ ^l^^ '^ ^-y anxious f.r your Wdf.re. ■ And greatly w./hcs for your Love and FriendHiin. He would not -^ave the Hatchet ever railWl. But buried deep, fl.mp'd down and cover'd o'er As with a Mountain that can never move- For this he fent us to your diftant Country, Bid us deliver you thefe friendly Belts, i A 1 1 M [hldw^ out Bells of IVcimpum, I All cover'd over with his Love and KincJnef.. ' I ^'^j'^;^^^'^^'^^'-'"-" you as his Children; I And like a Brother wifhes you all Good; I We 1 let him know the Wounds that you complain of; . And he II be I. eedy to apply the Cure, ■; Man, r o * I True to his word, and Hiendly in his Heart; I JiJot proud and infolent, morole and four, I L.ke thele his petty O/Kcers and Servants ' U want to lee your King, and let him know What muft be done to keep the Hatchet dull. And how the Path of Friendfnip, Peace, and Trade May be kept clean and folid as a Kock S/Mirp. Our King is diftant over the great Lake But we can quickly fend him your Requells; ' " To which he'll liften with attentive Ear, And afl as tho' you told him with your Tongue . ^^-^'■-^- Let him know then his People here are ^ 3 And " PONTEACH: And chfat and jvrong and ufc the Indians ill. Tell him to fend good Officers, and call The ff proud ill natur'd Fellows from my Country. And keep his Hunters from my hunting Ground. He muft do this, and do it quickly too, Or he will find the Path between us bloody. Sharp. Of this we will acquaint our gracious King, And hope you and your Chiefs will now confirm A (olid Peace as if our King was prcfcnt ; We're his AmbalFadors, and rcprefcnt him, And bring thcle Tokens of his Royal Friendship 7o you, your Captains, Chiefs, and vai.ant Men. Kead Mr. Catcbum, you 've tb. fr.ventory Cauium. The BnUJ^j King, of his great Bounty, fends To Penuach, King upon the Lakes, and his Chiefs. 1 wo hundred, NoL«/Fi.J a Number of fine Blankets. S.X hund.ed i,M\ Yes, and ieveral Dozen Hatchets. Twenty thoulaad ^.Jlde] and a Bag of Wampum. A 1 arcel too of Pans, and Knives, and Kettles. i>^arp. This rich and royal Bounty you'll accept. ' And as you pleafc diftribute to your Chiefs And let them know they come from £«^Ws King. As Tokens to them of his Love and Favour. We ve taken this long Journey at great Charge, J o lee and hold with you this friendly Talk j We hope your M:nds are all difpofed to Peace, And that you like our Sovereign Bounty well * ' iji Chtef. We think it very fmall. we heard of more. Moa our Chi.fs and Warrj.rs are not here, They all exn ,'> to /feare ^ Pvtiith us. 2ther's Lives i r will be rife, JHiip triumph now. lelJ of Cowardice, revcrfe ; ■rolv'd, relent, i^e venae, lay f Prey, ■ > >wn on Clouds, Pain of Fear, "■age often lead eEnd, ^ifgrace. :ool, J Means, !ing them. Is. portant ; hing new. S^ews of your :her's Ears. mportant Id, is Cabbin. Philip, T A T R A G E D Y. 3, Philip. We will attend his Call with utmoft Speed ^Qr wait Refrelhment after our Day's Toil [Exeunt, SCENE Ponteach's Cabbin. II. Ponteach, Philip, Chekitan, and Tenefco. Ponteach. "jVT Y Sons, and trufty Counfellor Tenefco, ^^A As the fweet fmeliing Rofe, when yet a Bud L,esclole conceal'd, till Time and the Sun's W.rr^rh Hat well'd n.a.ur'd, and brought it forth to C So thefe my Purpofes I now reveal * Are tobekeprwith You, on pain of Death. Till T.me hath npen'd my afpiring Plan, And Fortune's Sunlhine fhall difclofe the Whole » Orfliould we fail, and Fortune prove perverfe Let It be never known how far we fail'd * Left Fools /hou'd triumph, or our Foes'rejoice. r..>. The Life of great Defigns is Se'crec , And m Affa.rs of State 'tis Honour's Guard ; 1 or W.fdom cannot form a Scheme io well, but Fools will la.gh if it fhould prove abortive; And our Defigns once known, our Honour's made Dependent on th. Fickleneft of Fortune. Pb:hp. What may your great and fecret Purpofe be, I That thus requires Concealment in its Birth ? Ponteach To raife the Hatchet from its Ihort Re- pofe. Brighten its Edge, and ftain it deep with Blood ; To -J-.. Tor "^ ^ ^ '^ 1^ A c H. lo fcourge my proud. infuJtina, u,,,^u,^ .. To enlartrc my Kmni,-. i ■ l'' "''"^"ty foes, ^bckitan. When u'p r,^f, r rM i. ./*'"^- " « inhait not our Father's V,l ?>«/«. Spoke like yourftlvf. ,1, c V Strength, Cour.ge, and Obe I '. ^"""^ ^™'"'*' ftron. """'P'^'^^^'^^^'S^. our Farces And .11 thmgs requifite to curb a Foe ' And now's our Tnne, :,„„,„ J^; Ana.ett,,eitBou„ds::rL'tle'';:n„'L?* Wh«'.,e we „■ rrr,. ' r*^"."" "^''W Land, A , 1 ■ '^^*^^' oeoomc our I nrrlQ? Th $cii M.I Dei Qui Call T.'-.e ]! C H; haughty Fow, 11 Ibon be yours ; I confulr, ot''JIpLirruc ence to your WilJ, r Sohk. 'ler's Valour, nipire. Sonsof Psjj/eac/:>; ^^rm the Soldier, le/s lay. ge, our Forces i'aliant Men ; Arms, 'uie that's dear, lie Efi^/i/jb^ f theirav/^,. 'd as Snakes - Frof}, Day 'on forth, i?py I^antl, I iubdued. -.ords ? Band. Ti-.e 3i ATRAGEDY. The French familiarized themfelves with us, $tudied our Tongue, and Manners, wore our Drefs Married our Daughters, and our Sons their Maids, . Dealt honeftly, and well fuppiied our Wants, Ufed no One ill, and treated with Rcfpcd Our Kings, our Captains, and our aged Men; Call'd us their Friends, nay, what is more, their Children, And feem'd like Fathers anxious for our Welfare. Whom fee we now ? their haughty Conquerers PofTefs'd of every Fort, and Lake, and Pafs, Big with their Vidlories fo often gain'd i On us they look with deep Contempt and Scorn, Are falfe, deceitful, knavidi, infolent ; Nay think us conquered, and our Country theirs. Without a Purchafe, or ev'n alking for it. With Pleafure I wou'd call their King my Fucnd, Yea, honour and obey him as my Father; I'd be content, would he keep his own Sea, And leave thefe diftant Lakes and Streams to us; Nay I would pay him Homage, if requeued, . And furnifh Warriors to fupport his Caufe. But thus to lofe my Country and my Empire, To be a VafTal to his low Commanders, Treated with Difrefpefl and public Scorn By Knaves, by Mifcreants, Creatures of his Power j Can this become a King like Ponteach^ Whofe Empire's meafured only by the Sun ? No, I'Ji aflert my Right, the Hatchet r^ife. And drive thefe Britons hence like frighted Deer, C Deftroy ■ i ^i! % ' Where is our Tnd™'T?^^ '"■'"'"'' O-- whence Simnlic. „f , , ^"'""'Z '""nd, i-iinning Foes ™"' """^ ""qiercd And mZ ZXf^ '"'" 'S»'"« "■^'■elve, , Their Love rG:,;7"'°"'»*fti„.dBou;d. The heardefs W Th ."" ?"" "'* Trade. . Win join i,ei, ,:: v: ;rh^ •"" "^ ""^"". Nay manv of eh.,,- „, T 'P "' ">"• In Hope 0/ G „ ' r "' ''"n^Solfc. Where .heir bravfcen^^u V"-* """ '"^them Sonie have enga„^d T!^ """r' " ""'" '^"^''^ '" ny DirguiS=,o km rh " r'' ''"'°P' °f«"nder. Ctetol There T, '^°'"'"-y"'en. fair/''^'^^'""S« -deed are promifing and T'.^«ilt the l--„e .h 1 *' '^^■'^''•« ob,,,.-d aL """""'■""" "-■•M,„ds. .here's b« ^ hat are not warm i-w^ i ** i C H: em rue the Day nd the Way. Ju r great Defign; ire us ? ce to be carry'd ? ^"3try round, s for War ? From our conquered Death, : themfeJves ; Jeftin'd Bounds, •w their Trade. fee us conquer, us on. Y Soldiers, AfTiftance; and will lead them 3rce their March: lope of Plunder, men. ire promifing and efs. ft es obh.r'd by us ? '"ds , there's but Cau/e, Hir LeiAire : For A T R A O E D Y. For hither tepds my Purpofe; to fubdue l?he Tribes who now their annual Homage pay To the imperious haughty Mohawk Chief, • Whofe Pride and Infolence 'tis Time to curb. He ever boafts the Greatnefs of his Empire, The Swiftnefs, Skill and Valour of his Warriors, JHis former Conquefts, and his frefh Exploits, The Terror of his Arms in diftant Lands, And on a Footing puts himfelf with me. For Wifdom to contrive, and Power to do. Ifiich a proud Rival muft not breath the Air ; ril die in fighting, or Pil reign alone ^fP'er every Indian Nation, IVibe, and Chief. But this in folemn Silence we conceal. Till they're drawn in'to fight the common Foe, Then from my Face, the fly Difguife I'll caft. And fliew them Ponteach to their Surprize. Tenefco. Thy Plan is wife, and may Succefs at. tend it \ May all the warlike numerous Tribes unite. Nor ceafe to conquer while thou haft a Foe ! Then may they join and own thee for their Sovereign *Pay full Submiflion to thy fcepter'd Arm, And univerfal Empire be thy own ! Chekitan. Would you the Mohawk Emperor dif- pleafe, And wage a bloody War, by which you made Him and his num'rous Tribes your certain Foes .? Ponttack. Moft of his Tribes will welcome the Propofal ; For long their galled Necks have felt the Yoke, C 2 Long Zt \ ^ They'll eiuelM ^"''"" ^""" '^''" Cl-ain,, %^'"" w.ll „„dcr„k. ,0 „„kc even //„, H-'r'""' ^"'"'^ "S^i"" 'h' common Foe. .tm ""'• "' ""'" f- We-ce on | No^^^Birr'-''™^^^^ The Ch "■"' "Sag'd you will perform Till in full Council we declare our Plcafure Bu firft my laft Niglu's Dream I wil !„ Which much cha^^wi rejate, On yonder Wain Iftw, I,. ,„,rf|"^^ Snuffing , he emp,y Air ,n leeming 3por, roffing h,. Head aloft, as, fin p°,f "• "ndScfrnf""'"™'" ='''■- Limbs. And«l,emov-dhi3S,zewasftilliJ,:™i Till II* artial Sway, Bn'to»s. irplcafure, naked Borders, heir Chains, tlicir Blood, lake even Hen, ion Foe { flblve, Vengeance on our tothyfeif, ^ Crown. ire, 5crform. f Purpofe, 1 Blood, and Pure, relate, us Mind, ivenc mbs, be Wood. TO, s'd, Till ATRAGEDY. 37 Till his wide Branches reached above the Trees, And his extended Trunk acrofs the Plain. The other Beafts beheld with wild Amaze, Stood trembling round, nor dare they to approach Till the fierce Tygcr yell'd the loud Alarm, When Sears, Cats, Wolves, Panthers, and Porcupines, And other Beads of Prey, with Force united And ravage Rage, attacked the common Foe. But as the bulking Bull, when Summer Flies, With kceneft Scing dilturb the grazing Herd, Stands carelefs in Ibme rtiady cool Retreat, And from his Sides fwceps the invenom'd Mites, Gr (hakes them with a Stamp into the Dull •, So he unmovM amidft their Clamours ftood. Trampled and fpurn'd them with his Hoofs and Horn?* Till all difpers'd in wild Diforder fled, And left him Mufter of th' extended Plain. TeHefco. This Dream no doubt is full of fome great Meaning, And in it bears the Fate of your Dcfign, But whether good or ill, to me's a Secret. Philip. It ne'er was counted ill to dream of Elks. But always thought portentous of Succefs, Of happy Life, and Vidories in War, Or Fortune good when we attempt the Chace. Chekitan. Such is the common Say i but here the Size And all the Circumftances are uncommon. And therefore can contain no common Meaning:, I fear thefe Things portend no Good to us. That Mifchiefs lurk like Serpents in the Grafs, Q 2 Whofc l<] I iJ !;), Anrl T^ 7 ' '^'-■°'''^ ^"^""g our Friend. •And Triumph to our Toes ^nends, _P/^/7/>. A valiant Hero'' sac ;s-""'- '"■■■'-•■ Js K all womanifh to re-confidcr ^ And weiah the Cr^^c. Strife ■"""■"'>■ ^°"'' "<"■'" 'l>i"af„al Mean while r'f ''"" '^P'^'" ' Jf-eak wj)en Kingdoins are the Pri.e. My C H; ;edes all Warning, ty Huin our Friends, hated War, of Peace, ■art, s in the Dark, c thee, thee rrembie. -iib'rateWifdom.^ Fury ? A(5lions, ■n? Woman, rs of Rage. »or Jet this cafuaJ •ommon Good ; 'remote it. icfl, m France-^ Fare, in ; -hiefs four. ^ Tenefcn f-'d me too far. ard ; Prize. My I ATRAGEDY. 39 My Blood runs high at the fwect Sound of Empire, Such as our Father's Plan enfiires to ms. And I'm impatient of the leaft Delay. C/&f/^//rt«.Thy Fire thou haft a Right to ftile a Virtue; Heat is our Friend when kept within due Bounds, But if unbridled and allowed to rage. It burns and blifters, torments, and confumes, And, Torrent like, fweeps every Comfort by. Think if our Father's Plan (hould prove abortive. Our Troops repiils'd, or in th' Encounter llain. Where are our conquer'd Kingdoms then to fhare, Where are our Vi^'ries, Trophies, Triumphs,Crowns, That dazzle in thy Eye, and fwell thy Heart j That nerve thy Arm, and wing thy Feet to War With this impetuous Violence and Speed ? Creft-fallen then, our native Empire loft, In captive Chains we drag a wretched Life, Or fly inglorious from the conquering Foe To barren Mountains from this fertile Land, There to repent our Folly when too late, in Anguilh mourn, and curfc our wretched Fate. ' Vhilif. But why fo much of Mifchiefsthat may happen? Thefe are mere Poffibilities at moft ; Creatures of Thought, which ne'er can be Objeaions, In valiant Minds, to any great Attempt j They're empty Echoes of a tim'rous Soul, Like Bubbles driv'n by the tempeftuous Storm, The Breath of Refolution fweeps them off. Nor doft thou judge them folid from thy Heart, I know the fecret Motive in thy Breaft, Thus to oppofe our Father's great Defign, And from an Undertaking to difluade. I C 4 In j^ JV'tl. whom I Z%°1 fff-"*. I.a.1. a DaugL P^= bright mI& ,, " " f-P""^ '° he, Char,« And foftcns all the plT '^°" "'>" "«". Jn vi-hich the Kin., hi P . "" P™^''™ a War , Cte,,, Wh"rif I h "*"■"■""« join. From all who fee her !, """ ^<"'': And put LtrpL;;'''' ' "'" ^-^ft .>. A" Mopes are d,1,M '""^ ^'"'H" mine • ^'°^Gc^d,„orPr ::7;^«fe^ No, al, the £ng,r;;"^'fTJ"-. "or Pro^ife,. Could iave a fi„„le M„ ' "■ ^'^°'^. ;«Butth,p;„,r;--iUnd„,akeh.r.h,„, Jn Pe«e or War tho„ n^ , P''e'''ibe, «'*'-. Tl,/wor*;" P"*'"^ "-^ Pri^e. ^^"•'f mufti a(«>? „ ,. "^ "Sers, every IJ] dpfy^ ■J «.■*-**•!,■ C ti: 'ntJ the Glory. '^th a Daughter, t'ieSh;ide, ^ '^er Charms. Heart, claim a War, °f join. ove her fpeak ? ^^s a charming A TRAGEDY. 4« ind E oiiJd fTipire. wc waoe is lofl. nine; )ck; '■omifes, ^ '^er thine, ize. -t^L^/pairi/ig un ? Ri/q'j? |Ri(que Life itlelf, to call Monelia mine. J Help me, my Philips and I'll be thy Slave, Refign my Share of Empire to thy Hand, And lay a Claim to nothing but Monelia, Philip. Rewards I do not aflc ; I am thy Brother And hold my Kindtiefs to thee as a Debt. Thou know'ft I have engag'd to bring king Hendrick To join the I. ids, and fi[:ht againfl: our Foes, To roiife him to Revenge, and Rage, and War, And mnke him zealous in the common Caufe. Nay, with uncommon Fury he (hall rave. And urge his Warriors on to Blood and Murder, When this is done, Monelia may be thine, Hendrick will court Alliance to our Tribe, And joy to call great Penteacb'% Son his own. Cbekitan. But fliould you fail in thefe Attempts, and he Prove obftinately fix'd againfl the War, Where's then Monelia ? where is Cbekitan ? My Hopes are blafted, all my Joys are fled, Like the vain Phantoms of a Midnight Dream, Arc fcattered like the Duft before a Whirlwind, And all my Soul is left a Void for Pain, Vexation, Madnefs, Phrenfy, and Dcfpair, And all the Pains of difappointed Love. Better I ne'er had flattered my f nd Heart, Nor footh'd my Mind with Profpefts of my Joy, Than thus to pcrifh on the Point of Hope. Philip. Leave all to me ; Pve fo concerted Matters, That I defy ev'n Faie to difappoint me. Exert thyfelf, and to Monelia go, Before ,fl •♦' P O N T , . tJ'8=K to her, and to f « """"' "'^«i Withdraw W^r:;^*'P;°v.rcf,aa„., Ufge it. J fay, ,„ ™;*' °f "W I5efig„ , To linger here in H ' ^'"'''■■' '">'« War • Wh,ch°eli th ;",fe °f "'^ «et»,.„, ' "« '"•> Ac Circu , of ! rV'"'" *'' Sun :Jf *o' the Noife Jf^'f'' ""B^ 'he Woods, T >i, „i,J g,ve f,„ s^, J; »<^ no, been heard. 1 hbuJ't gain the Prize of r ""^ ^''*« •• ■1 noui t tame the 'J^ i "■"'^t^. The one «i|| foothe tl "^ ,""" '""''^ '>" Tyoer- T';e other prove :V,rf;:»:t''^''°'"^' «^«">er th:,„ ceafe ml' '*="f"'^nt and Death, «'">■ Al, ,h- jt::?^'''" ^"-''»- .^^^ /,in,, "'S'- "^y ".ore, 1 „i„ „„,.„_.^ '■''^^".nrri^',;;"" ■';"" Fnendsto hin, , Tf^™ Villainies ,„.!''"'' S™»ing Po„.er, T'>«.l,=irfairatotir'''°"'"'-^"''*^«»-- And . '■K^. nc'/ meet j radory, ^omefticks ^cs War i srn, the Sun s. the Woods, een heard. Jr Wi/hes ; ' ' of Wrath, btheTygerj -pofe. A TRAGEDY. 43 And court his Fricndlhip only for their Profit > That when no longer he fubferves their Ends, He may go whiftle up fome other Friends. Chekitan. This muft alarm and bring him to our Mind. I'll haften to my Charge with utmoft Speed, Strain every Nerve, and every Power exert ; Plead, promife, fwcarlike any Chriftian Trader-, But I'll detain them till our Ends are anfwer'd. And you have won their Father to our Purpofe. [Exit. Philips foltis. Oh ! what a wretched Thing is a Man in Love! All Fear— all Hope— all Diffidence— all Faith — Dilirufts the greateft Strength, depends oh Straws— Soften'd, unprovident, difarm'd, unman*d. Led blindfold •, every Power denies its Aid, And every Paffion's but a Slave to this ; Honour, Revenge, Ambition, Intereft, all Upon its Altar bleed— Kingdoms and Crowns' Are flighted and contemn'd, and all the Ties Of Nature are diflblv'd by this poor Paflion : Once have I felt its Poifon in my Heart, When this fame Chekitan a Captive led The fair Donatita from the Illinois , I faw, admir'd, and lov'd the charming Maid, And as a Favour afk'd her from his Hands, But he refus'd and fold her for a Slave. My Love is dead, but my Refentment lives. And now's my Time to let the Flame break forth, For while I pay this aniient Debt of Vengeance,
  • /;^Torax.WMonel?. • So* '■'''»-«£ That I muft beexcus'd if I dillrufl: you. And think your fair Pretences all dcfigning. I once was courted by a fpruce young Blade, A lac'd Coat Captain, warlike, adtive, gay, Cockaded Hat and Medal on his Breaft, And every thing was clever but his Tongue ; He fwore he lov'd, O ! how he Iwore he lov'd, - Call'd on his God and Stars to witnefs for him, Willi 'd he might die, be blown to Hell and damn'dp If ever he lov'd Woman fo before : Call'd me his Princefs, Charmer, Angel, Goddefs, Swore nothing elle was ever half fo pretty. So dear, lo fvveet, fo much to pleafe his Tafte, He kifs'd, he fqueez'd, and prefs'd me to his Bofom, Vow'd nothing could abate his ardent Paflion, Swore he fhould die, fliould drown, or hang himfelf. Could not exift if I denied his Suit, i i And fiid a thoufand Things I cannot Name My i f I n :«"J le. hin, know hey ktir/™-" "'^ ^™.'. The Scene »« cl,an.M f "'>■ '<*"trae„t. So„l, • "• P"y '' H"V„ ,0 bJaft „ ' WiOi'd Furies R ii Tofay„„„o;™2'»"^''Devik|,„j Without the rmalleftM' U ?"' '" "^"« OAto. Would you CO ' ^""^'^ Wh ("""''' ™P''"^^"*'*-« Prince t„ Whofe Tongue. „e font S "'"^ "■=""•' Whole very l.^guagc hi i "''' ="'' ^ovvs ? ^''o f'vear and call „f r ! ''""'"'s'" Lie ? l^'-o «„ it colpl „';tn "' '"'^ ™-"0*ing.. T" fay Ten .houfind , ;f ? «°°'' «'-«*"g. /^"d 'el, their nej, F Sf'^ f "•' -«nd!" f, ''"ow you cannot thhj " r '""^« '•'"Ifthoods ? S"ch Bafeneft dw-llfno i ''"'■"''■■• And I'll convince'"; ;"'"^-''H-t. ■ ^«"&. Then do „' r ™ "° CLriftian. ^ mik much, *"'■• nor vow, „or pro- And C H; •^"ch Hear, 'lis Jjricle. ■mbrac'd, V'Jitue. " "ly Arms, ^^crentment; ^^'"'-' to a Storm,! "i"'d. and funk. ' ^^'"tobiaft noy| ' my Body, Jafte over. W/,7« Prince to id flatter ? r Hearts ? id Vows ? -.ie ? i^ean nothing ? ceding, intend, FaJfchoods ? ^ eart, ftian. 'v, nor pro- dej And A T R A C. E D Y I And Love, like a rich Jfwel we molt value I WlK'n we And none pr Milt.iUe me 49 ourfclves by Chance efpy its BKi/.e oclaims where we may find the Prize ;ioc, I don't impeach your Honour, Love, >'or think you undefcrving my Efteem When our Haids join you may repeat your But lave thrfe Repetitions from the Tongue. Chckitan. Forgive me, if my Fondncls is tooprefTing, 'Tis Fear, *tis anxious Fear, that makes it fo. Monelia. What do you Tear ? have I not laid enough ? Or would you have me fvvcar fome Chrifttan Oath ? Chekilan. No, but I fear our Love will beoppos'd. Your Father will forbid our Hands to join. Monelta. I cannot think it ; you are Ponteach'% Son, Heir to an Empire large and rich as his. Cbckiuvi. True -, but your Father i? a Friend to 'Britons, And mine a Foe, and now is fix'd on War, Immediate W.ir : Tliis Day the Chiefs afTemble, To raife the ILitcher, and to arm the Troops. Mondia. T:icn I nuilt lc:ive your Realm, and bid Adieu, In rpiteof your for.d Falllon, or my own -, Vox 1 can never dilubligc my Father, Though by it I were lure to gain an Empire. ^ ChekitM. Then ChekiUin's undone, undone for ever, Unlefs your Father by kind Fate is mov'd To be our Friend, and join the Lifts with mine. I^orce. Your Stay will add new Life to the Dcfign, And be of mighty Weight to gain Succds 5» MoMclid, How fhall wc tarry midft the Noifc of War, In Danger of cur Lives from Friends and Foes ; This will be decm'd a Madneis by our Father, And will defcrve his moll levcrc Ivebuke. CbikUan. Myfcif wi!l be a Sponfor for your Safety; And (hoiild your Father baflk our Attempts, Condudl you home from all the Noife ot War, Where may you long in Peace and I'.enty Imile, While I return to mourn my hnplefs Fa'.\ But fliould Succefs attend on Philip's Purpofe, Your Father will not difcomn-cnd your St.Vy, Cut fmiling give new Vicrour to the War Which being ended, and our Foes fubdu'd. The happy Fruits of Peace fuooeed to all, But we fliall talle the greater Sweet' of Love. To-rax. The Purport of oi:r St.'.y is hid from me, But Pbdiph iubtle-, crafty as the Fu\', We'll give full Scope to his inticing Art, And help hini what we can to f.ike the IV-y. ^ ^ Mondia. In your Prctctlicn then I rriift myfelf/ Nor will delay beyond th' appointed Term, Lcll anxious Fearr, puHlTs our Fathu-'s Heart, Or Mifchiefs happen that incur his Anger. Torax. It is a[.',reed j we now purfue our Wa'.lc ; M.an time confult what die may be of Uie, D 2 You' t V i r\\ I) f '1^ 5J P ^ N 1^ E A r Tf YouVepain'dwithLovr Lv o' ^ove, and I m m Pain for War How ftould i „1 1" , ^ '""'''^ " W^'-. ril now ,0 PiiZ ,11 1'^'"""""' Souls : zealous. ""P"'- ""'' ■» more S c E N E H. I'onteachV Cabbin. -. ^ Pont each, '' "" Cr' '""^ "™'^' -'^ Sweaes. an. /-. T.o Hou,a ,Ve lain „,,,-„ „. ,„,^^^ Have I invok-d vcu r ""^ '''''^'^^ "^ S°"nd S-o,e on „,;BS?'7r"''"'^ ''«"•• ■'■°-veJ.,.4--^t^^^«.yHcad. ^ Bijt i It: 1 Pain for War; [Exeunt. fer Brother's on s ftrong~s War, "ate ?~ Ills ; > n him : id be more ^ch Prfe^^ 'cret of my Sweats, and an, the fultry my Skin; Sound Head, 4 But ATRAGEDY. 53 But all in vain, no Anfwer can I have, Till I firft learn what fecret Purpofes . And great Defigns are brooding in your Mind. Prieji. At our pure Virgin's Shrine I've bow'd mjr Knees, And there in fervent Prayer pourM out my Soul ; Called on Saint Peler, call'd on all the Saints That know the Secrets both of Heaven and Earth, And can reveal what Gods themfelves can do : I've us'd the Arts of our moft holy Mother, Which I receiv'd when I forfook the World, And gave myfelf to Holinefs and Heaven; But can't obtain the Secret of your Dream, Till I fira know the Secrets of your Heart, Or what you hope or wifh to be effe6ted. ^Tis on ihefc Terms we learn the Will of God, What Good or 111 awaits on Kings or Kingdoms ; And without this, St. Peter's Self can't tell, But at a Dream like yours would be confounded. Ponteach. You're well agreed^Our Gods are much alike — And I fufpeft both Rogues-^What ! wont they tell ! Should they betray my Scheme, the whole is blown. And vet I fain would know. I'll charge them rirft. Look here •, if I difclofe a Secret to you. Tell it to none but filent honeft Gt)ds ; Peath to vou both, if you reveal to Men, Bolb We will, we will, the Gods alone rtiall know. Pcfiteach. Know then that 1 have Hx'd on fpecdy War, D ? T0» :L 1^ !l ! ' 54 'i"o di P O N For tin's I iw thefe nt TEA -And vvh Th U w w Encroachers from meant t'engnge our feveral G H en ou;- Foes ared "^y Country. Tribes. ^^ w« may ftand and ho'd :;''.""^'- Strength under '•'Vf^n to their Bounds 'ur Rights fecure. Tins IS my p,„ f-^ , - exc^kd. ■'■.;■■'' "' "'"l pretends to M,„ . ,, b""y rne Import of vnnr r» ^"^^^--i Saints ^X:.r'"^:^'^'^-^^-' .^^^^-P-n..isaret!Jrf r"°^'"^''^^^^": A^Klrhc-v^'l rr-r.l : "'''-' '''^^'^d by them, ■ -->,■.. • ;•' '"'^ ^'^''^"^s their Caufe ' 't-u, ra.r is :^:;7-.C!,' _ tit «? I > my Country.. Tribes, ■ Bounds, 'its fecure, . ti Head, I their Lord, ^d. ' profper, '«'>^, andmiit- Blanket, falls beats his Head to lijien; then I hideous Voice, rms • '*nquer, eir King. tirend. % Pofiurefor S^'A ceed. aven : -'lampioijj Caufe. Ih A TRAGEDY. 55 He drew his Sword Againft fuch Infidels, And now, like him, you'll gain immortal Honour, And Gods in Heaven and Saints on Earth will praifeyou. Ponteach. The Gods and Genii do as you have faid. I'll to the Chitfs, and haften them to Arms. [Exeunt Pont. ^ Conj. Priejiy folus. This, by St. Peter, goes as I would have it. The Conjurer agreed with me to pump him, Or elfe deny to folve his dubious Vifion : But, that we've fo agreed in our Refponfcs, Is all mere Providence, and rul'd by Heaven, To give us further Credit with this Indian. Now he is fix'd— will wage immediate War— This will be joyful News in France and Rome^ That Ponteach is in Arms, and won't allow ^ The Englijh to poflefs their uew-gain'd Empire : That he has Qain their Troops, deftroy'd their Forts, Expell'd them from the Lakes to their old Limits ; That he prefers the French, and will alTift To repoflefs them of this fertile Land. By all the Saints, of this I'll make a Merit, Declare myfelf to be the wife Projedlor ; This may advance me towards St. Peter's Chair, And thcle blind Infidels by Accident May have a Hand in making me a Pope — 3^it (top— Won't this defeat my other Purpofe, To gain the Mohawk Piincefs to my WiOies ? No— by the holy Virgin, I'll furprife her. And have one hearty Revel in her Charms. But now I'll haften to this Indian Council -, I may do fome thing there that's a-propos. [Esiti. ■ ■ D 4 SCENE. f 56 ^ ^ ^ T E A C H S C E N E ^on teach, Ti -^« Indian SenctUcufe ''■'i'^o, Philip, Ad III and ""r. /^icmaco, Bear, WoJf /'r/^/. ^^°. as ,ve are info™,™ ."''PV''^ ***--«ing, Phlip. IVe half r . " ''-^ Prrfcnce 1 'II furihe, Notic, ™' '; ''"' '■"'I' Pl-o,mired, lMlree|,o„„u',v, , ""''•■"' •■ '■^« '.e w,„ roo„ be He!';;^': °"'"^ "™""' ""■" M«„i„g, ,•"«""» explain, ^7-'^'-'' -'I Canl' :'"'■''■'•"" -y Hand ."^"-•"•■- cie. i,i::;t:D ^p™*-^pwde. E"'"todi, „,a„fe.^'"^'°^■"«'^n!=. ,^r'- - .«e d,a„ '.V^^^^^^S 'lefpi^-d n„d fpu.nU ''"Vts4nd Mountain, V To :-J C H: III e. ■0, Bear, Wo{^ O^y's Council p Prt'fe/ice, ftubbo/n Chief: pfo,mired, efs ^'■o^g Hints T Caufe. ^-'fp'ains my ins ; *W'ny Hand ' Foes. ower • and Piide • 'purnU ^o untaiiis^ To ATRAGEDY. 5^ To CLirfe our wretched Fate and pine in Want i Our pleafant Lakes and fertile Lands iffurp'd By Strangers, Ravagers, rapacious Chri'ftians. \Vho is it don't prefer a Death in War T^Q this impending Wretchednefs and Shame ? Who is it loves his Country, Friends, or Self, And does not feel Hefentment in his Soul ? Who is it fees their growing Strength and Power, And how we wafte and f^il by fwift Degrees, That does not think it Time to ^oufe and arm. And kill the Serpent ere we feel it Iting, And fall the Vidtims of its painful Foifon ? Oh ! coifild our Fathers from their Country fee Their ancient Rights encroach'd upon and ravag'd, And we their Children fiuw, fupine, and carelefs To keep the Liberty and Land they left us, And tamely fall a Sacrifice to Knaves I How would their Bofoms glow with patriot Shame, To fee their Offspring fo unlike themfelvcs ? They dared all Dangers to defend their Rights, Nor tamely bore an Infult from a Foe. Their plain rough Souls were brave and full of Fire, Lovers of War, nor knew the Pain of Fear. Roufe, then, ye Sons of ancient Heroes, roufe. Put on your A'^'tis, and let us ad: a Part Worthy the Sons of fuch renowned Chiefs. Nor urge I you to Dangers tnat I fhun, Or mean to aft nvy P.;rt by Words alone ; This Hand fliall wield the Hatchet in the Caufc, Thefe Feet purlue the frighted running Foe, yius Bodv rufn into the hotteil R.ittic-, T'hera 1:1 t! n, / "^ "^ ^ E a C H, There fhould I fall t n,,., r ^ And, dying, ur^e 1 Co "■' "'^ "°"°"'-' Should I furv.ve ' 1 f.: V^°'''' ^^ ^^^°^^^^- urvivc, 1 ji (hed the foreniofl: T^r Orr my brave Countryn,™ ,ha, ,hr« 'oft,, AdVno r .1 :;-;^f 'I-- and ;Hei.. Have oft w ^nd tuke no care to have anr w ""^'"''' But by our >Vn.rr ^ '°"'' '^ >''i^-^> " ^ ^^"^^ ^° ^^'"^^ Wrongs h'c thi, And H: Honour, of Words, ft Tear ^ to falJ i ood, nd theirs. Minds. 'g^t in Arms, of Bditle, nph i -aufe, rfion ; Teen, Vauds, on Rights^ ded., 'aith. nife fair ; os'd, s. s on ; -Jen, cs, Ireis'd. rayers ; A TRAGEDY 59, And Wrongs like thefe are national and public, Concern us all, and call for public Vengeance. And Wrongs like thefe are recent in our Minds. Philip. Public or private Wrongs, no matter which. I think our Hunters ought to be reveng d j Their Bodies are found torn by riv'nous Beafts, But who doubts they were kill'd by Englijhmen? Their Heads arc Icalp'd, their Arms and Jewels gone, And Beads of Piey can have no Ufe for thefe. No, they were murdered, flily, bafely (hot, And who that has a Heart does not refent it > O how I long to rear their mangled Limbs ! Yes, I could eat their Hearts, and drink their Blood, And revel in their Torments, Pains, and Tortures j And, thouah I go alone, I'll leek Revenge. Jjli)inco.^T\\\% is the Fire and Madnefs of your Youth, And muft be curb'd to do your Country Service. Fadts. are not always what they feem to be. And this perhaps may be the Fault of One Whom their Laws punifh if you once detedt him. Shall we then, to revenge your Countrymen, 10 recompence a Wrong by one committed, Houfe all to Arms, and make a general Slaughter ?. 'Tis higher Motives move my Mind to War, And make me zealous in the common Caule. ;But hear me — 'Tis no TriHe we're upon— If we have WifJom, it muft now be ufed ; if we have Numbers, ihey muft be united i if we have Strength, it nuift be all exerted ■■, fp, And if we have Courage it muft be inflamed, j! ■ • ' And ^/' 1 Yes, «,,•„,« '""""" ""nning Deer I Their .VumheT s.r^^" '""^ '""^ ^^ccefi. Their Shies ,!„;, «/ ' ^™°P> «"•"■' Earth. And Goodies flo» in H "P"" ''" ''''^^ All's Terror and An,» '"^ ' ^"' T™F». And frighted Hert " "m' '" '"'^ P-^'"-. What .h?„ is .0 b Ton ?wh"^ "" '"' '^""^■ At moft, by fccrer n Z'"' ""' »"= hope > To curb rhefe!^, ">'•''"'' ^'"'"^ Means'" ' Secure our Co„ rCf „ ?"' "^ '" «"''J>^'. J'fhaps procure a Peace ?„ T™""" ■<> them. '" '''S I'll jo,n and r,!, "' ^''^'■"'S^. Who „i„ Ttfa ;,1 '"t »>',."'-nt Tro° ps, • ■ ^^^' ^^^^''"g Goodncrs to us ? Does, fci^^-« ATkAGtiDY. fei I t)oes not the ravenous Tyger feed her Young ? And the fierce Panther fawn upon his l^Att ? Do not the Wolves defend and help their Fellowi The poifonous Serpent feed her hilTing Brood, And open wide her Mouth for their Proteaion ? So this good King (hews Kindnefs to his own, And favours them, to make a Prey of others ; But at his Hands wc may cxpcd no Favour. Look back, my Friends, to our Forefathers time^ Where is their Country ? where their pleafant Haunts ?' The running Streams and Ihady Forefts where ? They chas'd the flying Game, and liv'd in Plenty. Lo, thefe proud Strang,ets now poflefs the WUi;l'> Their Cities, Towns, and Villages arife, Forefts are fpoil'd, the Haunts of Gamedeftroy c,y And all the Sea Coafts made one general Wafte • Between the Rivers Torrent-like they fweep, And drive our Tribes towatds the fetting Sun. They who once liv'd on yon delightful Plains . Are now no more, their very Name is loft. ^ The Sons of potent Kings* fubdu'd and murder d». Are Vagrants, and unknown among their Neighbours. Where will the Ravage ftop ? the Ruin where ? Does not the Torrent ru(h with growing Speed, ' And hurry us to the fame wretched End ? Let us grow wife then by cur Fathers Folly, Unite our Strength, too long it's been divided. And mutual Fears and Jealoufie? obtain'd : This has encourag'd our encroaching Fges, But we'll convince them, once, we dare oppofe them. n i I ^' ^ ^ I^ T E A r r ; The cooling Fountain quenchVJ , '•""""'• IJoclors. an,l Drue, ^J M H- "^'-.g TLlrft. Even Age i.fdf w! '.,-« f^^'p"" -'^""known, Swift as ,he Wind oVR T ." '"'' ^''''"^f=- T).e flying G.„::\,rbtt:""'''-'-^ ''•-•J Norwai,edhi:Ap;:,''t„'-;;;'!r'"f=^''"> Fearlefi, of Hunger, rial "'* '' "■"'> Ved, B-„,eirforcr„.diotf; :n'j'^-''- Are weak in Ycvth fe,,- n , ' t>arc to be like yoi.r Fathr, . h ' "' * And y which we tiuf ^n./l ,. Take off their Sculls L^ff T ^''^ ^''^'»' •^cujis, and fpare tlieir Lives. Or m the. Country the/JJ complain, forever dare return again; ^ * And. 7 ^"^^^'^^'^^^^"'^^'^e Day, And curfe the Guide that /hcw'd the Way. Chorus. M ^ A t R A G E D f . 67 tf Fortune fmiles, we'll not be long Ere we return with Dance and Song, But ah ! if we ihould chance to die, Dear Wives and Children do not cry. Chorus* Our Friends will eafe your Grief and Wcc, By double Vengeance on the Foe ; Will kill^ and fcalp, and (hed their Blood, Where-e'er they find them thro' the Wood. Chorus. No pointing Foe ftiall ever fay 'Twas there the vanquifh'd Indian lay ; Or boafting to his Friends relate The Tale of our unhappy Fate Chorus. Let us with Courage then away To hunt and feize the frighted Prey; Nor think of Children, Friend, cr Wife, While there's an Englipman alive. Chorus. In Heat and Cold, thro' Wet and Dry, Will we purfue, and they (hall fly To Seas which they a Refuge think. And there in wretched Crouds they'll fink. Chorus. Exeunt omnes finging. The End of the "Third ACT. ' ^i E 2 ACT I 6% 11 h ^ O N T E A C H.' ACT IV. Scene i. rh Border of a Grove. ^-/^r Tenefco /. Philip and Chckitan, Tenefco. THE Troops are al] a/TembJed, fume h march'd, ' ^ "^^^ Perhaps are „„„ eng.g'd, ,„,, „,„„ ,.„ _ rh reft have Orders where co bend their Courfe t^ch i r,be ,s headed by a valiant Chief ' Theo,erftays,ofe,vetheSt«eatho,„e' i'./.. The«. are brave, had theyabravtco... They'd p,„h the Battle home with fure Suecefs 1 i chufe of all tlie Troops to be thei, r j For tho- IM neither CurUe Ski . " '' TT , '"to^J •-'KiJ/, nor Strenrrt'. Honour attends the Man who h«d. the Brav7 ' Many are dubb'd for Heroes i„ thefe rLeT"' ' "' Z^: ''"'' ■" '« *™ *V con,. -stor:„r;r;:t::*;ir::d™^ And prov'J yo,. Sk.ll nndStrcn" , s Con""?' Phi/^fy <;t-,n I'll _> t.^'' ^^^ Commander r^.'hp. Stll I JI endeavour to dderve your Priwi ^or Jong de ay the Honour you propoi/ "^'' C..^'//.;, But this will interfere with .^ur I).n Andov..tstheSche.ecf.innin;^:;ii^^'^"' It ' ATRAGEDY. €^ Philip. Ah true— and kills your Hopes— -This Man's in Love. [to Tenefco. Tenefco. Indeed ! In Love with whom ? King Hen- drick's Daughter ? Philip. The fame-, and I've engag'd to win her Father. 'tenefco. This may induce him to efpoule ourCaufe* Which likewife you engag'd Ihould be eftcded. Philip. But then I can't comgiand as was propos'd I muft rcfign that Honour to this Lover, While I conduft and form this double Treaty. Tenefco. I am content if you but pleafe yourfelves By Means and Ways not hurtful to the Public. Chekitan. Was not the Public ferv'd, ntJ private Ends Would temot me to detain him from the Field, Or in his Head propofe myfelf a Leader ; But every Power I have (hall be exerted : And if in Strength or Wifdoni 1 ftiould fail, I dare prefume you'll ever find me faithful. Tenefco. I doubt it not— You'll not delay your Charge i The Troops are all impatient for the Battle. [Exeunt Tenefco and Philip, Chekitan^ folus. This is not to my Mind — But I mud do it — If Philip heads the Troops, my Hopes are blown— I muft prepare, and leave the Event to Fate And him — 'Tis fix'd — There is no other Choice j Monelia I muft leave, and think of Battles — She will be fafe— But Oh the Chance of War— E 3 Perhaps Tt ..- -- <* '° PONTE A CH, TliK L I '■'■'—""' never f.-e her more— ^- bttr7„^"''■"^'■''-f«^'■'''-■■■>- Art t?;°f„15^;" -« *i; «"8'c T„„„sKe . O hoH. it „ ' " '•'PP '' ""J Poi'iKd round •. rAi,?T;r •,*'"" " """■^- "'y Love. ^Vhar Sou^ t {a^°"f /f'"^ *'«'*' ^-- -ai.mrer:itl;';::r:;:::--„, SCENE II. ;yHATjoIf.eP The holy P.,ft,wuh ^>fi»gage herfelf) * 1^0. I would fooner die than be difhonour'd- Cut my own Throat, or drown me in the Lake Pn^.^Do you iove «.. better than'^^f .Hite Mcnelia, Nay, fl,ould an Indiau make the foul At- tempt, I'd murder him, or kill my wretched Self. P«/ I muft, I can, and will e„j„y you now. "^'trou^Sn.'"" "■""*'■ ^"-■'-'- ^"- Chekitau, ATRAGEDY. 7^ Chekitm. Hold, thou mad Tyger-What Attempt is this? ^ [Seizing him. Are you a Chriftian Prieft ? What do you here ? [pujhes him. What was his Will, Monelia? He is dumb. Mondia. May he be dumb and blind, and fenfclcfs quite. That has fuch brutal Bafenefs in his Mind. Chekiian. Bafe, falfe Deceiver, what could you xti- tend ? [making towards him. Monelia. Oh I am faint— You have prefcrv'd my Honour, Which he, foul Chriftian, thlrfted to deftroy. [Prieft attempts to go. Chhtan. Stay •, leave your Life to expiate your Crime : Your heated Blood (hall pay for your Prefumption. [offering to ftrike him with a Hatchet. Prieft. Good Prince, forbear your pious Hand from Blood -, I did not know you was this Maiden's Lover, I took her for a Stranger, half your Foe. Cbekitan. Did you not know fhc was King Hen- ^nV^'s Daughter ? Did you not know that (he was not your Wife ? Have you not told us, holy Men like you Are by the Gods forbid all flcfhly Converfe ? Have 'you not told us. Death, and Fire, and Hell Awaited thofe who are incontinent. Or dare to violate the Rites of Wedlock ? That your God's Mother liv'd and died a Y.rgin, E 4 ^^^ *4 f 1 f i^) I ij fill. ;' PON TEACH- >vijiU means all thi'- ? c ' r '' -'^nd all ourlu)Iv I- ^ ^""'■"-^ ^"^^'^5 '"o noiy, there IS no Pollutinn And, mouw „: s s u:: t-*;;' .'■■™- CM//,,,. 01, vain P , ' ' '■'"" '» pure. D^i".t;'C''r'''^'', ""'''''-■'■='■-'> Lies! .j'7 -a abhot'a 1 t:i"jro"-"-^ "'' "'• And wiil nnr f -1 '"'-"t.is and D^xar, God, ^ ' ^>^ J'^"** S'-'^^C dreadful 'i^his Hand Hiall cleave your I V-.H ^ . Blood. ^e your Head, and fpiH yo^. Not all your Prayers inrl r , you. ^ ' "'^ ^^''^ ^"^' Saints /hall fave Prieji. A TRACED y, 73 Prieft. I've got his Father's Secret, and will ufe it. Such Difappointment ought to be revcng'tl. [ofide. Chekilan. Don't mutter here, and conjure up your Saints, I value not their Curfes, or your Prayers. [Jlepping towards the Priejt to hurry him. Prieji. By all the Saints, young Man, thou fhalc repent it. [Exit. Momlia. Bafe, falfe Piflenibkr— Tyger, Snake, a Chriftian ! I hate the Sight •, I fear the very Name, O Prince, whit has not your kind Prefence fav'd me! Chekilan. Ic fav'd to me more than my Father's Empire j Far more than Crowns and Worlds— It fav'd Mswf//^, The Hope of whom is more than the Creation. In this I feel the Triumphs of an Hero, And glory more than if I'd conquer'd Kingdoms. Monelia. O I am thine, I'm more than ever thine j I am your Captive now, your lawful Prize : You've taken me in War, a dreadful War I And fnatch'd me from the hungry Tygei's Jaw. More than my Life and Service is your Due, And had I more I would devote it to you. Cbekitan. O my Monelia ! rich is my Reward, Had I loft Life itfelf in the Encounter ; But ftill I fear that Fate will fnatch you from me. Where is your Brother ? Why was you alone ? Enter Torax, frora lifiening to their Difcourfe. Torax. Here am I : What would you of me ? ^lonelia. Torax! I / irf 7+ ^ O N r K A r nr And by n^ere Ar-^^ ^^rbarous Man, ' y "'^'^*^ Occident efnnM n. roM.v. What Foe i, hf'^, „"">"*""•• »*,,„,. I r„ J/r "'"S» " I pan him. hence, *"'""^S".ItyLifc.b„e drove him B-ar„.d b^W^t W^fyHe Air .i,h me. You fee /,ow Mifclffr "^ ''°"' ^''"g'^- We tread o'serp ' '' T"^''' ^^°"' «. I muft this Ho„r lenH? 'r'"""'»>"s Prey. Theyrenow,;",!"''!""'' -^ Troops to Battle, gone .» '^ """ ' *»« when you are A"emptmyR*"''°^'^™-''"Fo.. l'«ve„ted /W^. to m,,,; f^;; P/';;^^'; -/ word. He tV ATRAGEDY. 75 Jle ftjys. *Tis all in favour to our Love : We mud at prefent pleafe ourfelves with Hopes. Monelia. Oh ! my fond H(r.rt no inore conceals its Flame •, 1 fear, my Prince, I fe?.: our Fates are cruel : There's fomething v»hifpers in my anxious Bread, That if you go, I ne'er fliall fee you more. Chekitan. Oh ! how her Words unman and melt my Soul ! As if her Fears were Prophecies of Fate. [afide, I will not go and leave you thus in Fears i I'll frame Excufes— Pi'////' (hall command — I'll find fome other Means to turn the King ; I'll venture Honour, Fortune, Life, and Love, Rather than truft you from my Sight again. For what avails all that the World can give ? If you're with-held, all other Gifts are Curfes, And Fame and Fortune ferve to make me wretched. Monelia. Now you- grow wild — You muft no think of ftaylng; Our only Hope, you know, depends on Philif. I will not fear, but hope for his Succefs, And your Return with Vidlory and Triumph, That Love and Honour both may crown our Joy. Chekitan. Now this is kind j 1 am myfelf again. You had unman'd and fuften'd all my Soul, Difarm'd my Hand, and cowardiz'd my Heart : But now in every Vein I feel an Hero, Defy the thickeft Tempell of the War: Yes, like a Lion confcious of his Strength, Fearlefs of Death I'll rulh into the Battle i n 1 m I'll ( ■» "l / M^y our next M,,.ti„„ „„' "W'"''"^ ("tcccd ! And Fortune II,i„ ® ^ ' " ''"'' '" ''ear, May aIUi,e Gods .„d God.' •«-„ a„H . ■ J/ «,r,r.„,„, ^^f "<-!, and Saints, A"-! 'he great tl,t,„ricrl„'V ? ''""'' '■™"'^'''" ' H"" cl.« but ™e:: t ' nl^rlt""" '''f '"^S ^-» '"tcrrupt your Peace. S c E 1S7 c 'ndun Seuatc-Houfe, i'onteach ^/;^ P],;,,-^^ SI V . ^on teach. l/rH;L''::r''^""^-''°fwar. Brother, ^ '" J""" "'"^ w help your ^«^. Hi. C'lrr'^''^^ Captain. Courage, "^ '''"''""><'■>«!* greater "^ and warm in Battle. Ponincb. 1 ' rctuin 5 our Fcer, s Succeed ! > l-'ear, aee / as iier Darling Saints, 'rotcdiors ! g'ltning burn i^eace. [Exeunt, War ? niy Return. ^ iiejp your iptain. ich greater > vice '» Je. ■^■''^/v/r- :cb. A T R A G F. D Y. 77 re«/Mi/?'. 1 much commend the Wifdom of your Stay. Prepare yourfclf, and haften to his Qiiarters j You cannot make th* Attempt with too much Speed. Urge ev'ry Argument with Force upon him, ^ Urge my llrong Friendlhip, urge your Brothers His Daughter's Mappinefs, the common ^ood; The general Scnle of all the Indian Chiefs, The Baa nefs ot our Foes, our Hope of Conquefti The Richncfs of the Plunder if we fpeed •, That we'll divide and ftiare it as he pleafes-. That our Succefs is certain if he joins us. Urae thefe, and what befides to you occurs; AlUannot fail, I think, to change his Purpofc. Phip You'd think fo more if you knew all my ' Plan. f">^'' I'm all prepar'd now I've receiv'd your Orders, But fird muft fpeak t' his Children c re I part, I am to meet them in the further Grove. Ponteack Hark! there's a Shout-We've News of fome Succefs •, It is the Noife of Viftory and Triumph. Enter a Meffenger. Huzza 1 for our brave Warriors are return'd Loaded with Plunder and the Scalps t Chnllians. , Enter Warrior, Pontcach. What have you done ? Why all this Noife and Shouting ? \fi IVarrior, f' PI ■,r-"—3*^" / KM*. ^* ^ O N r E A r Tj iji irarrhr. Three Forr ^ " * Burnt up their n«r, i j^e migiy cci::;, tc:tr '-'^ • '^^ ^-'<^ .• Have duli'd our Ton,r , ""^ '"' ^^P^^'"'- ScaipsT ''^"'^;;'".^ '-- -e both their Their Heads are TpJir ^ufn ''''"' ^^'^ «/'• Brains. ^ ' ^"^ ^^g^ have eat their ^^^■^A /f that be aJi they Ve eat th i. rtarve. ' ^ ^^^ t«e Houndi will idlKinior. Thefe are the S.oi r 'nous Cheats ^''^^^ ^^ ^'^^^^^ two fa- Who bought our Furs for R„r« . _ ^t««.-/^.t/'::U^^°''^- Water. Our Men are i,.aded with the r P """^'""^^ ^'''^^•'• A"d other P|.,,er fJuT^^^^^^^^^^ ^^«W.. AJI this is brave ' rj:°'''- '-« .//.... .././, ,,j ,,^- J^^f -^ ^^^e Scalps, This Way we'll f 7 '^''"' ^^'"'^• /•^'^•Z^. We'il cover Li /calK '"''• Scalps : "' ^"^^^"s with their IVaniors. We'll f.<. ^ r> andBIood'^'°"^"S^^'P°n their Brains Ponteacb. Ere iong. we'll hav. .u • ^ Play : ^ ^' '^''^ f'^<^"* Governors in -P^#. And knock their grey-wio 'J c , , this Way. ^^ ^ '' ^"'ps about Ponteach^ ^: .:v.\ hi*-.. : Hi ^^"* ail conium'j •y Fire, :h Hunger, ^earinfpitcof all Captaih ■ are both their ^^f Two Stalps. have cat their lie lioundi vvi/j •'" thofc two fa- rold ua Water. 3n teach /^^^j. ' ■ores. ' ikem about, m ail. s vvit/i their their Brains overnors xn. :aJps about Ponteach^ ATRAGEDY. 79 Tonteach. The Game is ftarted •, Wanlors, hunt away. Nor let them find a Place to (hun your Hatchets. AM WarrioYi. We will : We will foon Ihew you other Scalps. ?h\Up. Bring fome alive \ I long to fee them dance III Fire and Flames, it us'd to make them caper. IVarrion, Such Sport enough you'll have before we've done. \Extmt. tonteach. This ftill wilLheip to move the Mohawk King. Spare not to make the mod of our Succefs. Thilip. Truft me for that— Hark •, there's another Shout •,. [ (houting vjilhout. A Shout for Prifoners— Now I have my Sport. Ponttach, It is indeed j and there's a Number too. Enter ffarriors. We've broke the Barrier, burnt their Magazine!, Slew Hundreds of them, and purfu'd the reft Quite to their Settlements. 2d IVarrior. There we took Their famous Hunters Honnyman and Orpourn ; The laft is flain, this is his bloody Scalp. {tojfmg it up. With them we found the Guns of our loft Hunters, And other Proofs that they're the Murderers j Nay, Honnyman confcfles the bafc Deed, Aiid, boafting, fays, he's kill'd a Score of Indians. ^d JVarrior, ^\ il *" PONTEACW W^th Two youne rJ i '^"^"^■ ^^v". oi, , could t ;;"*?'■'' ''■'■•'D-'«»- "leir Blood, "'""'' '"d drink ^^;t:fB,rod':r::;t-«'^"«"s. Ynu Tygreft Biech Tyi^';^ >-?" '"" your Feeling > to torture, '" ""''''t which Wav 'r^r,:r. ThcyV, wZ feure. lExemt Indianc ""' • •""'"'I Pri/o„t„. SCENE ,v. How lavage crnel "f' f^^P^ "f Mercv l-fr • ^ '-y o"'y »aic ,o Hud, o 7„'^"= "-> Compaffio,, > ^11 that can be i„fl;.o-„,' "™ torments: Wc may cv,c.^; f 7 "^ """'''d, ''■■'■'"'^■^^^^^^^^^ Their I H: ■lunter; This f,;, ^''fd, pinioned and I'ke their Father •J'd their Dreams' •^'•ts, iod drink Dogs. t your Feeling ? ' of Serpents! ;^'^% his m/e. "it which Waj tire. "' ^/-//^w;-/. ef f ''muddle. ^fni^a/iion • s; A T R A G E D Y. Si Itheir favage Hearts ne'er hada Thought of Mercy j ITheir Bofoms fwell with Rancour and Revenge, lAnd, Devil-hke, delight in others Plagues, iLove Torments, Torture, Anguilh, Fire, and Pain, jThe deep-fetch'd Groan, the melancholy Sigh, I And all the Terrors and Diftrefs of Death, Thefe are their Mufick, and enhance their Joy. • In Silence then fubmit yourfelf to Fate : I Make no Complaint, nor afk for their CompafTion j This will confound and half deftroy their Mirth ; Nay, this may put a Stop to many Tortures, To which our Prayers and Tears and Plaints would move them. Mrs. Hon. O dreadful Scene ! Support me, mighty To pafs the Terrors of this difmal Hour, All dark with Horrors, Torments, Pains, and Death! let me not defpair of tliy kind Help ; Give Courage to my wretched groaning Heart ! Honnyraan. T'ufh, Silence ! You'll be overheard. Mrs. Hon. O my dear Hufband ! 'Tis an Hour for Prayer, An Infidel would pray in our Diftrefs : An Atheifc would believe there was feme God To pity Pains and Miferies fo great. Honnymm. If there's a God, he knows our fccret Wilhes ; This Noife can be no Sacrifice to him ; It opens all the Springs of our weak PaiTions. Befides, it will be Mirth to our Tormentors -, They'll laugh, and call this Cowardice in Chriftians, And fay Religion makes us all mere Women. F Mrs. I . ! i ' I iff «« ^' O N T E A C fj. , AnfT ^^"!' ^ ''^'^ ^"^^^''■^^^ '"y Griefin Silence ther And recreriy .mplore t!ie .'Md of Heaven ' ' I-oroul to pray ! o dreadful Hour indeed ! [ ...^,, Cr d.fh d to Death, and Hiare our wretched F tc > Mull n.s dear .abc Char h.ngs upon nXr P« Tr, ,. .! ' I I /- [Icokhig upcH her In f ant B. fnu.h d by fav.ge H.nd,, and torn in Pieces ' O how K rends „.y Heart! It is too much' rygcrs would kindly foothe a Gnef Jike mine- Uncon/no.s Rocks would n.eir, and flow in Te'us At cJus .aft Ansu>n. of a Mother's Soul. . [ pnifcs^ and views her Child apph, Swee rn„,ce„t! Ir nnu'.s au;,is Diftrefs, ' A.>cf„:Kllydra.stl,bfi„alCo„,for.fro-„™: . ino.,. u,ai '/«;;;,vy too muft die, Oh nn- r.-" r r- n u . ^^''^'''^ ''^ ^''' '^^''^ c//A/. i *"• ""•"• *-'h 1 in overpower'd. /fc--..v. I l,.ul .:eter„,i„-d „o= to fficd^ltf: Bat you hn-e al, u„™„M „,y R,r„,„ri,„ ^ f"'"^""' ^_ou vc call d „p .iuv p,„.,„ . , ,_^- \.. .y have you „.„rdn)yCh,k!,c,-.?Om/so„! My=,,IySc„_MyIn«ge-0.hc:'Sii;f'^"''" How Inv. 1 dote M "h" b earn o P " '°" "'"^ "'^''^ '''^^■- B-b" TO ° ""' "" P»" '.1 niy iuft Punilhn-ent And d.e with Comfort when I fee you, ivc Mr. H.n. Hark! tf^7trf frn^lf''*^^^ dreadful Halloo. ^ """■^8- Hear tnpt Thtyr:,,i'd'f„T:iu?"'".'^"'™"'--"' ohLdsce„e,ir,hr;:a"m^ ;::;•, Was ,t but rnnple Death to n,ealo„.! Entail your Deaths are tnine, and m-ne the Guilt. EnttT / e pitying Ear of A TRAGEDY. «5 IfKLr Oho Indians, wifh Stakes, Hatchets, and Tirekands. irrid Prsparation, more ihan Death i'or 'J let them be wi*^. * -..w down the T.. kes, an' confinM : [they loofe them from "ach other. rlrft kill the Tygers, then deftroy their Whelps, ^ mUp' This Brat is in our Way, I will difpatch it. [offering to fnatch the fucking Infant. Mrs. Uon. No, my dear Babe Ihall in my Bofom die; There is its Nouridiment, and there us End. Philip. Die both together then, 'twill mend the Sport ; Tie the other to his Father, make a Pair ; Then each will have a Confort in their Pains •, Their fweet Brats with them, to increafe the Dance. [they are tied do^m facing each other upon thei,' Knees, and their Backs to the Stakes. Warrior. All now is r-rady ; they are bound fecure. Philip. Whene'er you pieufc, their jovial Dance begins. i^' P""^^f h'. Mrs. Hon. O my dear Hufband! What a Sight i% this ! -Could ever fabling Poet draw Diftrcfs To ^'uch Perfeaion ! Sad Catartrophe ! There are not Colours for fucn deep-dyed Wop, Nor Words expreffive of fuch hcighten'd Anguini. Ourfelves, our Babes, O cruel, cruel Pate! This, this is Death indeed with all its Terrors. Honnyman. Is there no fecret Pity in your Minds ? Can you not feel fome tender Paflion move, When you behold the Innocent diftrefs'd ? F 3 True I . i !*» ^r--^-. .. .~,.^^^ True, I P O N T E A C II. I'ak Inve ^nd let me ftcUh^i g^'-ity, nnd will bear your Revenge by all the A ^ n-v Tonnent., ,e..,. your Tortures ■gtiicn out eenc'fl Edge of p^ rts of Torm. my Woe, 'IK; "- ii^ire th!s innocent iffl;,q-..H u- am ing Bab, -•"•v iiiill nn- K;ihnc ,t,I,, ' J^'Cr ever wii] oRl Well J c.'.rnoc be; Tl ynu. ^'^rnt to hunt and '^^y are akin to you. Or], . r '^ ^^'Tent in the I leit youiifr ,^ -. oTygei f'^^umr. Orchc •/'/^V///.. Begin, b '|"S quiet in their Den ? L'^rr > ■;''''; Or chcri/]K's young V ^^^!'n; I'll leafj ,h 'g Vipers in his Bofom? r^/?-,..- , ' ""- merry D Or Hi Wor ^'top: Are we O'crry Danco. '"''and. *y~\ II 'Jic-y ha' man ? crifice her Cjiild; '^OE unwife to kiJJ •ve not wrono'j ^,5 '•en to our Vengeance? '^now !,er Friends ; tf: And in tl'.^r.r T "rnwill takefevercR Can't do prefentMlf povvcr'uj, y ^e riJi and ^"liiCi. .A ,^ ^■''^^ ^' ''Old themrivr. .>M; I'urcluifc their I ^ivcs obliu'cJ, fc> *■'» h -^ ^-s betie; h rr;^'"; ^}^ -^^ '^-^-us, 'i^o 1 '«r their Gro, ^''^■^"^^•n Hour's Liverfion, ins, arr? PI,;..»„ . , , ' ar.d Pf '^'"--v„,;c^,:^,:'r-r;' ''■"-«„. our Pr.ii/e 's \^ifi^, and i:cv ^^^\] bi '> and niuch u../brvcs Tpar'd. [/,: t;e. 0' /:'^/a; /^v /^, md ta! ■e them henc \\'k hi 11 ■i::.!n '-nnyman, «../ r,: ViV^A •n t.he \V, cnc!s her T 11 ^'^'^i ihe cld.^ Child fr '•''■•^ ^ liitle to ccvfult I ■n:'snia.'Jpayusf( 'cm or jt. iV^/Z' 'it). A T R A G E n Y. J7 ^t!;,v»». O now, kind Heaven, .l,on h.i. lu-J .„..:?/:i:now.c»n™.w.H...^^ M-.. //.;/. O my dear Hun^-.d, '^,^^^^;,;^. Yet nn,ft I ft'-y »"'' f.mrTonn-nt, w.K you. Th>s fami,.S Mercy is hntCrucUy 1 cannot leave yon in dur, Scn= on\ ,e, . l-is cafier far to ftay and d,e "S"'"' . i,,,f„. m,„.mn. Ah ! but regard onr Cl.ildrcns Condt.ar^ont,r,and.r.t,.irN.nd.t„^.^^^^ Nor let them know '^^-'■^r^^^, J. i;:^rorrid S,sht wotdd rn.k n,e .0 *=^^^ ,,,„orfeth.nB=.ftS.ol-|;'-;''^,,,., Ha»5««- Leave me- ! he J -.<• F. and .7^"lu^'0 'tis the laft dear Si,ht! Hcav'n fave you .>i • ^ ^^^.-^.^ Afr:. H^'^ Oh may wc meet wUie lui. are banilVd '• P«.^. B,-in5 Fire and rmves and Cu... a.i Hatchets all i F 4 ■'" 7 / l^ ^ O N ^ of Torn., ''""^''^^^f^-^rMUuMn:,^. ^^'- '^'^'sexquifite/ - Ifl IFarrior. l,^^ , j^ Ifroam^.^ ^"^ Jiruggli„. ^Jomtyman \i"'"''^ ^'"' «'/>/. a CM ir- I "' your Minds be sj ,T''^ '^'^ ^uk on h;^ ^^'^^^A Ah call uLT!/V''y ^'^^'^^^ ■' >v-thG,.„,e. •"""■""' ""more ,,,.,3 [,;^- in. our Counfrvriipn i - <7'A/ \' 4 ♦ •»• T R A G E B Y. l9 •1 h.t we're allv, v^c'll n^k- the £7^/^/^ know, V'lv ne'er they dure to ferve us hdms fo : T. 1. sAWb' joyiul News to Friends trom h-ar:% We'll join the Chorus then, and have a Dance. [Exeunt omnes, dancing, andftnging the fivp lafi Ltnes. End of the Fourth ACT. A C T V. s c E N E I. ^be Border of a Grove, in which Monclja and Torax are afleep. Enter Philip, fpeaking to himfelf. AS a dark Temped brewing in the Air, For many Days hides Sun and Moon, and Stars, At length grown ripe, burfts forth and forms a Flood That frights both Men and Beads, and drowns the Land ; So my dark Purpofe now muft have us Birth, Long nouridi'd in my Bofom, 'tis matured. And ready to aftonifh and embroil Kin^s and their Kingdoms, and decide their Fates. Are°they not here ? Have I dclay'd too long ? [he efpies them afleep. Yes, in a Pofture too beyond my Hopes, Allccp ! This is the Providence of Fate, And proves Ihe patronizes my Defign, And \ ^•v 11 90 P O 1/ % -And ni rhew her t' T K A tim Ph C f [; it their Innocence that /],al-f ' ''T'"'^^ ^^^•''''•. ^05 I can tcnr the Sue/ i r '"'^ ^ "^1^"^^'? ^V^ ^''C^Hife n,y Broth Jsci ' ^'''■"^'-■• That cannot h/ loTn'"'"'^^'^ '^'" -^ 1-ora,. Ma,,, y/ ■/,, "f "''"^'''^ '^'^ *'#'• ^-'4', Go lc..,r„ ,„ p^/""''^f«"""'m„.«. i'llf R.,y is en-lerf ^/ Qj^^flMn of it. Hullo! , R A G E D Y. 9« lallo' Help' ll-ol th. Enemy is hen Ilclpis at hand-Eut I muft Hrft be ^vounded : Now let the Goe' hemfclves dete^l the Fraud. Entn' en Indian. . f^-v ? anv Mifchif'f here ? ' What means your Ctv!' ' ""> 'Y .iprnent" P/,;/;.. ILhold this Bow.ns Blood-, a ckfptrar ^ Wound! y.v:nr,hrsmnnl Ana there's a Deed 'hat (hakes the Root of Empu-es. And there s a ulc ^ ^^^.^^^.^^ ^^ ^^_^ ^^^.^^^ 2J Inl O fatal Si^ht ! the Mohc^'k PruKe is mur- • S^/Ji:^^. -^ncels too is welterin, in her Bloody ■ Philip. Bk., uoth are t, ne , 'us well that I efcaii'd. Enter Pont ich. \,'.(^..*r^ Wiil- nnd Tumult here ? \A7',.,e mpan=; this UutCv', , a«>ih., Great wa^ my liaKf, out <-u-.i" i T r,(h'd anM)nn; their Numbers Ux Revenge , r V ^-i-h-ed n.d . there 1 receiv'd this Wound. T.uy tii^lixa ^^^^ . ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ Ponreach. P,;;W.. Who, what were they ? or where did P^z/^'iS of £.^/^ Warriors, bloody Pc^l /"N f IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) w ^ i/.A ^ ^. -^ & % 1.0 I.I :^ 1^ 12.0 2.2 11.25 t.J: ■UUU liitt U ill 1.6 V] is, % / ^3 ^ a >^ <*v^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 87i2-4503 "^ V ^v 4\^ 4S> 4 or •J*'^ .'( Ul 9* p o isr T t7 A * ^'^"'s Way thev r.« f ^ ^ ^ H: Which but for this bafe Wmm^ ^'''''''^•^' ^<^- ^ ftopp'd them. ^°""^ ^°"^d fure have f,e, *^ "'^^"^"^'^oft Speed „ur. P"tfly the Wind tiJ] you revet ''T'''^'^'^ P^^M- ^«royaiBlood,we ounMa!V''^^^°°^^ ^"nr It as our own. ^^^'•s Scene is dark, and dofbT! f^''^'^'-^ '« V^- ^onje great Decree of Fate d^'^"^'^^ ^^^"^ * /^"d mighty Good or J ' ! •^'"'^' "P°" '^ i^iie Blood of pZ. "'' Mankind. ^^- ^J^e Harbin.; of S'""n^°^^^"^^^ ' '^''^ change, newrr^ou,/:; ?^'^"^' •' "d much J fear °ti o ''" ^^'*"S^ O" Earth • "o me and mir. /" ^'"'"O"' of JJJ ::^-- father's ^:^J;™.--y Kingdom, ^i^^y were my Guefts^^H ^ r'"''' ' Torrent- O- g.% L Jnd h^tS^r^^^^jii centre bere . ^'"'ip. Had I nor A. u i ^"'Wren's Blood Myftlf been wo „de d t ''"^ Murderer.. ^M you norhafteny Z "r^^'"- Cri„,e, "= mighr have thouoh „f "^^ ^ ^"■^'^"». He'll point h,-rw; "".^ ^ ''^'■''"•^ K^ge £■•'« Advantage ,0 our Scate. "Wi^' -»»r -'Al TRAGEDY. 9S P.„«...Ha«cthe„, declare our innocence and id roufe hi. .-.ke a T^|« » f |1, bleeding Philip. 1 will with bpeea , out f °"" r.re left you lament me too. Demands my Care, k^tjo^^ ^^^^ ^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^^y,.^. Ponteachy filus. P,ebrea*lef3 Youths! YOU. Wftm;-^^^^^ .o.Mu.e.n»e,eb,lna^--^^^^^^^^^^ »T J. .'J tn wound fuch Wiajeuy <*"" Nor dar d to woun g^^^^ I, would have tarn d the f^^S And made the ragmg T7b=^ '""^^ .^jftj^,. But your more f'S^ ^u dj e s wer Oh the diftrefsM f <>\ .K'"S ' 'j ' Heart •, And wilh to comfort h.» J^jP „ 8, Care. [£«*'• But your lailRto require my prelent I. r SCENT^ 9i ^ O N T E A C H I' i (' ^ C E N E „. ^■"^ Scnate-Iioufe, ^ . r^'^cl, 7e„c/po, a„4M„s. ju.iji t)e done; aiJ T;,- Pnnng. ' ^^^ ^i^ings are no^^ pre, •^^^IIO K;)ew f/-rn !• • A«J gloon, ^j .• f- w every j; -^"'W.. t;,us vvouij , r"'"' "-"^ lain. ■■° Heart unmo-.V u. ^^■"'> «%-.'.> and g;1,,3 '":;>', ''"-■■"r«'e!/ [" «»/&, ,, ;. , , ''"" SfLJUting do I hear » ^^'' sees to lin,,^ ,, i^^ \V ''i( -I ,V 4 .. •. _.♦■' H rs. 'PPy Scene, P '■e now pre- fovv'd more 1 dead ; ^if Tombs le New. /S; ints, n. Eye be I hear ? Times. Battie i ^i' //.. . A T n A C. E D Y. 95 '^''lTfo>le *. mourn, ami lauftl- f'-™' Life. As thegooJ Genu, or th. ^^^ = ,„^,^ U-s rigf>tit n,ouW be fo. S^^ ^^ „,,)„,« The World would «afr, • "^^^J p_,„ ^ By conftant Vrowns o. F «^ > ^^j^^ i:ss:::S^M:;d:;M..nc.*. Enler Chek'itan. Txn .f h-q been vour Succefs ? CJsekitan. v/c ve rou^ut ^■^"'^^ ^"f'''...t PurfuM the rea Sla-m tv..ny on the ^^,^> , ^^^ ^.^.^^^ ^,, a^h.^. nS. -"'-^ -- -^ "•" " ""'^ ^""''"c''^ .na Nhrks c.f public Joy. With -all the Signs and U^rw i ^^_^ .,^ ^^^^y Ck.^.V«;^ What me.ns ..s C...m ^'''•^rrcan'^andaMhalWrawnSi^hs; Docs It offend th.t 1 ve rttu _^ ^^^_^^^ be known. fVip T iws (-'"Fate B=notrd...vAi,-y;-;';;„^^ Mull be oh.v .. . ^ ' f ,, P,,,n-,,., ^'S' ^^ P O N T P ii ^ /lain. "• '^ " "»""d With all tif. iL™ P„" "f' '°'- AeDead, l^^^eirSwordsandhVdtofeeftA Mo,elia dead I aug/,t elfe I couM I. u f'^/^^^' " I'm ftupify'd: I can't h!i- ^^"'^ ^^'■"e: ShewmethcDead I ^'^^^^'■"^- ^°- -j.youtothem-FoJWme^ And puts an awfu G;Il ^^^i'^'^" ^^o- a Co. , Jft I fear his Grief wi I o "^°" °"^ J^Y i ^.reaccft Sorrow at his Eyes: His I'ti' atragedy. 57 HisGncfUinw.rd, and hisH.art lh«lsTc»rs, A dTnUoul he feel, the pointed Woe.. WherhebeholdsthelovelyObjeabft . The deep-felt Woand admits no fudden Cure l The fftering Humor will not be d,rper.d. Ugaers on the Mind, and Time a one '■^L buries all Things, puts an Endto .h,s.^^ ^^__^^_ SCENE HI- «. c«... -* * ''"•^ «i"' ''"*° ^"""'"^ Chekitan to them. 'Tenejco. rp Here lie the Bodies, Pri.ce, a wretched Sight! 1 BreatHefs and pale. _ , . a.a.«. A wretched Sight mde^dj^^^^^^^^^^^^ O my Monella •. has thy Spirit fled ? Art tLu no more ? a bloody breatlilefs Corpfe . Amlreturn'dfullflufn'dwUhHopesotJoy. . With all the Honours Viftory can gwe ^ Tol thee thus Ms this, is this m.y Welcome ? .. Ttl^s our Wedding? Wilt thou norretur^ charming Princefs, art thou gone .or eve.? Is this the fatal Period of our Love ^.^ - . O' had I never feen thy Beauty bUom,- ■ 1 had not now been gnev'd to fee It pa e: Had 1 nut known tuchExc.li.nce had hvd, T (houM not now be curs'd i. lee it dead : l^rnot my Heart been melted by thy Charms. ,^ '\' It r \ f ^' ^^ ^ r V. A c It. Jr wouM not now have bled to r.e them led' The Rl.^ tf'e Creation is pur out !— Why fell I „„° ' , ' "" '"'■"'"^^ "" mor. .• To fuch a Torrent, it o'erwhel,,,. y„„. r,.. „ The eiWe J Q.. -^ ' ""^ y"""" ^'''^ 'f^ff Vr..,>^ pointed I'ajns ot I t^vf Wb,W.Vctl.,.etch«lRui„.IUo„cc.i'd lender IdII. I live : me ? and void ; rawn ! Woe; don't behold jier Blood ; no re ; d? ■ach, your PafTiun eaf-n, Plough r, •ovc, inc. lender A T R A O l^ DY. 99 W.,. maJe a Captive, " ''^'' '"""'S^'^d gnd ? ur n.ivL lui ^ torment mc ; YouVe all been cruel •. the oku wild-"" _• > c ,,.,.,,uiate d,e World o[^"^^"^^'''''' rU roar rh. Kar-.h .hat darM to drink her Blood' It,; a,„l l'!.u.ts, and every rpnnpngFlouc. ^.■■f'\e1.rrr:n aXcUadandfad., And make -ill ciartw anu Centre, l!;:;:el.n,cleMo„arc>,^-..do -^^ 7V»f/... This IS deep Maunc, « .. . ^^^^^^,^. Brain. »:„„ ^^n Pmbrace. M..,Bu.n.ainilr.atchup.rt g^^^^ [hi touches andgces to ..Jrace tu i, ^ Tbou dear cold Cla) ; torgut ':' j^ (i 2 I ' ""' P O K r r . ''"'(■y-^./fo, ,,, ^ '^ A c rr: •«™s,o„ve„g,,,„D..,,,,. f-W.^.to Tor.u ' / '"■' '■' '^""•"n too T-"'-*. Oh r Pi,i, f ronix r„.r.„ „,„. And now can carrv t- ■• ^''■^* He is a 'W/.. ^ >'°^"' father „,,,;«-"-««M.„dk„ow,„„„,„,_^ /K: S 3" , ,„ < * I ■rc;»C/-^- ''^'^ ^ lurpruiiio know not. . t\,i'a. ... ..,,ft-.. ornextitligntsonbim. ^^^ \v..«rrener-o«».iTorax /•..-. • G3 ' ' ^ |:>3 .1 f. rh. m^W ^^^^^7 ^'^^J thy ,...„, • '"d in V. •■"■> inr, ■^ our I, \.,. '' ' -rihcT... . ' . -r-1 N'i't- 'for '; -■ • ' ■"■ f'l L? A S \ t; E u V. Philip P^^^' 104 .■„„ DouiH «m rife •-■■>» R^s'^ ] ,.na.>- CI.. n.r.onm8mh« Blood. -?^ ' , . »,. ,;il inv Return v 5,,,er Cl.a-.>an, r „ 1 A-i tlHui f»lfe h">'>'* , with your favas- ^ .,' ^^n-' ■>■•'"■* .jrAnmi^^^-^ ,..,„. Sake, ' ' . •> 111! 'l'l''l '■• ' V;,c,. ,ou, or you'a nuiiu a>k ^__ ^ /uj ill j [or,-,,,.- ■^iireadv h'.nh ^ - .,, "^ ' Voubi '"'''^"'■""^'r«c!,:n p-., ' "•' "-1^ di/covcr'd .tIj ' ^-''>. ^^ alive r^ir'^'^^"'^'^''^ " Tlwt after Deat!, take V™ "■" *"= P""'-', ^ ^"1 are ipent '"^ Cafe i, defperate ' "''"i' ''" '-^'A-fej .J?"^" too hard; andrmo,,,; n'^'*'"' ''' ^"r '" Twas well b, aun u T ^ il to jir|j ' ■ ^'«'o.teve*.r6''""-'^''=cl ,.;;,, ,^--„„otbo:fttv';"""°'''-'^&.i.. "™ckbutoncljio„,„,,^; J^. c. .-•»!.„ *-^i*i« be. Poive.-i 'fpent. ''■"'* yieUl ' ' ■■'• iviin. A. T R ^ (S i:^m. V/V^^t have r. T- .D ^ t 1 1 done I this x; my my Brolhti'ik Bloo.^'. Uv vlurclT'-'i' , ^Inod J \ \\' was no •otiier Nature's V.^^^^ "'^ ' ..^,,(H>i, i^-ut'^, ^r ., ,ovc J he.c i^ '^^ An no;i?s ''> /UnV.lnd— M^' ; S) f !>■ . ui->.ms d— Thert-'s univ dal vV Af- ;f the :„„vM, .11 hone gen-..l J Whole .here fi- re :xt, M?;; 1 th\s Dil Ing rriU fnaW I bend iaW ■ Diford-ra'U Form lU as ,h= Chaos Univetfcw a Lainb: iblvks. ;il thy iTiv '-*> -'"::^rr:ce :i.i -'^ Difcord once ir:;:^^^--^'"""'"^"%. ill'- 11 the Edge from hence ll.aU do- Kivfe to his He^i"^- The riginf5 Whofc ivvUt Day 1 point tne c^^fe-' ■■- o,„\ Stream maU wd stl Pb ,Ut Uay s ouv... . ^ ,e. ;/,p.s Ghoft Ihould injure tny ^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^^. 1 c ;me, I com' iv!/////'— away- .She's mme in ¥^e '^ it Death. [di Enter Tenefco. Ute, the fatal Work \^- ^one Ohtrmtooiate, ^^ ^,r ^rctcncd bua i ^ ^ N T r . I hlH^ /'■'■'^■^■^'^^i. h- ^■■ijJ Genu;,? , , .: bout US: "'- "ear fhe Ad r 'i'^CK t.'lj ,^^y ^^^vver to iboth hK ■^' '^ E N E V. '■ -^ c „, •' '''.'iifi ^ ,\ir :/• . Had ti \ T p A C ncl- Jjj'.i'^' i••,• ir; ^'i »'-■ pi.!., iir-Af. nl-u: a Gull .-.3 0^' y. •* ^fTl i Wi ^ ,T-, n Tt ■1-. 1' \ iM t ».-■. ii>fc\ in'.lcxir;"^! I .■.a'« fVAV' (U>:d kit- .U"r \:'.ft"., f<.. 'flw; ^;uj. "***,.. ^v- .n J'F. o N T i: >'JU h i C avw i,u' ,j V-O^Jfa; ,' ' '^^ VaK>iir. H M^ i'^-^^i^cr/,-,i,^. ^e ti.. -:.^.^ rhc Field. ■ - 'f', no God. --,;>; ;;^:^;-'™'" Men. '•'g Bark, ■■^. c-.?. -:c?5^"* "^-5l(K«<-bS<.,, r^s^^l i: i C „ J ! • ' Ui Vv! '■r I '^c Field. ' "0 God, Men. "'^''•'^g Bark, '■^!s, my «?uf>ie(^ A T R A G E D Iwllllivc, infplteof FaterUU'C 1 v.oiPontmch, w;isl not a '' i©9 res, (Was I Such Giant And Kim ^..».. Milchicts vvuold not gr^.ther roand aiice I'm Po«/f«t^^ ^"^cc I run a Kin^, ni Ihcw mylelF Superior to thcm^all 'i'lliilc above this Hurriciiti ,f Fat; A ad n:.:\v. my Cour^fic to the Gods thtmfe: ErJcr Tencfco, furprifed and f.vf- I .;;n pi'5"pvir'J, Yuu cannot ij be not afraid to trll -, .-ak what Po;.'/Mf/^ d.ire no^. heir. Our brdveft Troops ar ' iu'd -, All is Di. order, T!:oie that reuKiin in You mu fiai I!, t!K reit ;U;- Tuir; id Rebellion. •,ll on ln'-:'dy f light-, a! uten.l tht-m, or be iclt: ulonc Unto ih:- Fury of a conquen UK to--', Is.T %siU th'f^y '■ ng^^i exi;ca your Roy il pleafure. PorJcach. Will they d :l,.ll:it their Kin^ in !^"^!^ art Tht induce them to pro \*-" .■• i" Hour, When Pity mii Kings lil<-: the Gods are When Menexp Place them in N All Sacrifices and Regards y;ih ceak _ Go, tell my Friends that I'll .tterKU.eu- him -alued and ad'i'u. Men expect their Bounties in Return. . . them in Want, deiboydie giving Power Call. \rifi4g: Exit Tenefco. I w Ye ill not fear-but muft obey mjf. $tai [ kcking romL fertile Fields and glad'oing Streams, adieu i Ye no I' O N T E A C II, S,.r. Tt'Fcr./nt:»'ns that haveqiiench'diny IcorcMiigTliiili Yc Sluuks ti;;it hid the Sun-btMnis irom my Head, Ve Groves and Hills that yielded mc theChace, Vc fluw'ry Meads, and Banks, and bending 'Jr-cf, And t!iou proud Earth, made drunk widi Royal Blood, I am n.) more your Owner and your King. But witiirii. for me to your new bale Lords, That my Unconquer'd Mind defies them (lill •, Anil though I fly, 'tis on the Wings of |-]ope. Yps, I will hence Where there's no BrifiJ/j Toe, And wait a Refpite trom tliis Storm of Woe, i?-gcr: more Sons, frefh Troops rolled and arm,' And ochor Schemes of futmc Greatnels foi m j Brilc?r '..ay boall, the Gods may have their Wiij, roiitscij I am, and fiiall be Psr.teach flill. inlit. 1 4. . i i FIN S, From U'le aef,i!nna,i's Mar^azhf for Decer^'.bcT, Puge 5S4, r»n M.jor A'-'y. v.! '-^ Account of . lcorc!iiii[friiii(t, loiii rny Head, iic the Chace, bending 'JVecFi link with Royal ir King. : Lords, :Hem (lill ; oi Mope. 'iri/ij/j Toe, m of Woe; :<5t and arm, lel's foi m i . ve their Wiij, n (be Compilations Pi-rions wiiolly un- {jairy have r.ciihur ■ nioliifaiioui Mate- 'wlfgp it contains h Kaft., In- tlie R^tju- ht ?;;:,.. Vr, }J0 O K S printed for J. M I L L A N^ near Jybitehall JtJST rUBLISHED. I. "DV Permifllohof the Right Honourable the Secretary at War; Jo A Lill ct'HiS Majclly's Land Foic^ and Marines at home iwM aiJKiad ; to which is added, all the Ciictrs on H;i!f Pay, an Alp!i:ibi(ic;il Lilt of !","j Ariny, and a Sticelnon of Colonels for I'dt', I'litc bounii , ,. :. Mii.L/wN'i UNivtR>iAr, Rkcister of Lords and Commor';, (..'(»Wrt and City Offices Ainiy and Navy, &c. to which ibaiid.d a Succc'lfiou of Colonels (not be met with in any other I'crlorm- iince or" tnii Kind) for 1766. I'xice 5 s. with an Almanack, and Zi. 6d. witlicut. 3 JovKNALSof Major R. Rogers, contaiuinp; nn Account of tlic fevc-ral Kvcurfions ht made under the (ieiierab '.s lio co-nman- dcd upon the Continent of North Ameru-a, dining tin; late! War; from vvhi-h aiay be cUeticd the molt in.uerial Cucuin- ftancfi of every Campaij^n upon that Continent, from the Com- mencimint to the Coni'ulion of the V/ar. Price bound ,-s. 4. Major kooERs's Accoiir.t of Noi- 1 :. Amcrka. coiu.iinin? a Deic, iption of th-- ftvcr.i! 11; ;;lh Colonies on ti'.at Cont.nenrj including' the lilands of rvcu!i>iii,dland. t npe P,;>ion, Ae, as to their Situa'tion, lixt^'nt, Climate, Soil, Pioilnce, Rife, Cjoveiii- uient, Religfon, preient Boundavier,. and t!u Number of Inhabit- ant! fuppofed to bo in ei.h : Alio of the Interior rr VVefteriv Parts ot the Country, iipo;. e Rivers St.I.aArencc, the Mijliiiippi', Ci.iiiiino, and the Circa; lake.;; to whi^li i- }.:liJMine<], an Ac- count of the feveral NiU,."s ami I ri.c; of Indian', refulinp; i-i thole Part?, as to thitir Cuilonn, Ma;. -frs. Government, .N^itn- l\''r,i, kc containing many ui'eful ard thteitaiiiii.g J acU, never lictiitc treated of. Price bo : .1 ^'■. ■;. Lieut. Henry TmiberlaUeMvlenioirs (.vlo accompanied tl;:: thi.-e Cherokee Indians to Engla.,d in i-,(-2, Ciovemment, Ge- nuii, Cuiloms, &c. of that N:.iii>ij. v.;''i i Map 'A the Cheroi;e'- C(iuntry, and a curious iecret jivirral t;,ivfh from a Frenchman (loth ci;rioi;(ly engraved) Price bound 4:, f'. Ruth^r'urd's Importance of the 1. olonits to C . i a: Britain, is. 7. iVIuller s Syllem of MaUiematicks, Fortification, Kngincet'. inp;. Artillery, &c. about too Cuts, 7 Volf in 6, 2!. 6». or V )!unie I'eparatc. '7. S. Regimental and Recruiting Rooks. 9. Ntw Monthly Returns (or Foot and Dr.igoons, to. Rerurus \V;;ekiy and (..mera!, Dit'char-jes, Furl.wghs. At- tciiaticn:, ivc. 1 1 . Mangeuvret n fks, (1. ■.' i'jch am a Latnllion of Infantry upon fixta Printi- '-.o'. 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