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celebration ^, ^^^i^ ^W.'TT^,^^ « The Glorious Gateway of the West An Historic Pageant of the Story of Fort Wayne Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of Indiana's Admission to the Sisterhood of States Presented in June, 1916 at Reservoir Park by a Company of over Eleven Hundred Citizens of Fort Wayne THE BOOK OF THE PAGEANT BY WALLACE RICE AND KENNETH SAWYER GOODMAN DIRECTED BY DONALD ROBERTSON ^ »~^^^5•-iwWl^lj^lliK^gpi:l^^u..p|^|^|^ll•p||^w #" I'^l^i il Copyright, 1916, by the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Centennial Association. All rights of reproduction, wholly or in part, are reserved to The Stage Guild, Room 917, Railway Exchange, Chicago. ^•S? Foreword In the year seventeen hundred and ninety-five, at the mem orable Treaty of Greenville, Chief Little Turtle, wisest of the savages of all times, pleaded with General Wayne to permit the Indians to retain the ownership of the lands on which the City of Fort Wayne now stands. He called it "that glorious gate way through which have come all of the good words of our chiefs, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West." Wayne, the pupil of Washington, under whose instructions he had established his fort at the head of the Maumee, and who shared with Washington the conviction that "the Miami village points to an important post for the Union," refused the earnest plea of the Red Man. Today, through this "glorious gateway" of civilization pass with kindliness and gentleness to the regions beyond the knowledge of men, the "good words" of the truest type of modern citizenship—inspiration, truth, service. These are made manifest in the Pageant. They are its very foundation. The play will pass away. Its spirit will remain to the end of time; for the work here done by willing hearts and hands, can never fade from the lives of those who see and those who do. And coming generations of men will feel the power of an unseen influence of the Centennial year of nineteen hundred and six teen. •FORT-WAYNE- CENTENNIAL-HYM N 7 ?*1aes»to&o "VVbv-^'5 by Wallace-^{co «f. ^ ^^ .^'j.f-^i,j^ji>ii-~TrT m l.^reatLonJ.,wlietlpou5htl)r^ jhtKe rol-linj yaara —— -^ liaat bfcugW" T/»y ser-vawuzyAsl here,— — E.Here m tte da^k-ric*••^*»* of- old t.unet-une, —— — The/ »av> - a^e came ttoo slay; — 3. QUP heartft to loue - Lti-vieastn-cli'oe.i -vieastn- clioe.., —— — Our ^ouls too deeddeexisa o f \<M<e.\^ ^^ ^^ i =f=t^ ^ ns XtfiQ ^^ tnoved frctn^licmthtir an-cienl-fijara — — And grant • d -them this cKcep, — How long a<n^ slow tVtc. ctp -ward climb — — To_ - peac^ * and thl^ fair day! — Ba- neath Thy sky may-free-dom sKine. 4 — I And itt*!- i.ce freni bo^/t! — tStiU ^uard us Mtlji Tliy migMy wing —' fctle* 'now tn JM,- b' l«4. - . T^wu wko di'dsV lead our faiher» far — — C^utdc' Thou, our dai - !.y• life.;— • A» »»oW the •prC'So* from tit •past — h bJ J J ^sWy ^^ fe >StlU duard, stUl ^u.ard u» uUhTltymiohi-y wihg^Vhiie now vn ju.S- bt< - tee. Thou, loho , TSou, ioho dr<l»> lead our f«th-«rs far &uide*IV«MT^. ou r dal-ly life.-, A» new, a» now the pre-sentfrom the. past Hath ^inedl^y . glo-rious ret^n^ ynf "^ -poao rlt ^ rr.fT^A M ^^ I id&^l^p r":vfr:u:tt\f^yx;^»^-—• I. v^JlJir -, m We. meet (oviliprAyer«nd praise to stng — —tlhank*-^i'l;- in4 tin- to Thee. Thou ^au - «5ttheni an end of war; — —- With- hold our hands frpm strife. So may the fu-ture foUJpw fast .With bless intfs on Tort Wayne! A- men : !C^rSK. as-nl|IJ ll^ljjj11 '"y 1«"-- Indiana Centennial Officials GENERAL CHAIRMAN Edward C. Miller GENERAL SECRETARY Maurice C. Niezer ASSISTANT SECRETARY R. B. Garmire GENERAL TREASURER Samuel Wolf CABINET Wm. M. Grif&n, Chairman S. E. MulhoUand George M. Haffner Van B. Perrine Harry G. Hogan Byron Somers Charles Niebergall Frank E. Bohn E. W. Puckett M. H. Lueoke E. H. Merritt EXECUTIVE BOARD Ward Wilt Mrs. Fred McCulloch M. C. Niezer Wm. M. Griffin B. J. Griswold F. E. Stouder Van B. Perrine Byron Somers H. P. Fletcher J. Ross McCuUooh Frank E. Bohn C. F. Bieknell M. H. Luecke W. J. Hosey H. G. Hogan E. C. Miller W. F. Graeter George M. Haffner Frank Rahe A. F. Hall E. W. Puckett Joseph D. Shaw M. Dukes P. B. BeU E. W. Dodez Clayton H. Johnson C. R. Lipke J. L. Shields Henry Beadell L. H. Moore J. C. HutzeU W. F. Ranke C. Ri Weatherhogg J. B. Mills A. S. Bond Harry Williams S. E. MulhoUand W. S. Rastetter E. H. Merritt Mrs. A, E. Fauve Mrs. Clark Fairbank Miss Flora Wilber Mrs. Margaret Crankshaw COMMITTEES PAGEANT Frank E, Stouder, Chairman Harry W. MuUer, Secretary Miss Madge Magee, Assistant Secretary Miss Flora Wilber Capt. Byroade Prof. J. N. Study Mrs. A. J. Detzer Wm. Schwier Chas. Weatherhogg Mrs. A. E. Fauve Clayton H. Johnson Chas. N. RundeU E. H. Merritt Mrs. John Moring Mrs. Crankshaw Chas. Muhler B. J. Griswold Prof. Wm. Miles Julian Franke Ward Wilt W. H. W. Peltier COMMITTEES—Continued. ARRANGEMENT ENTERTAINMENT OF VISITORS E. W. Puckett, Chairman B. Paul Mossman, Chairman LEGAL CONTEST H. G.Hog&n, Chairman James Shields, Chairman PUBLICITY ILLUMINATING AND DECORATING Martin Lueoke, Chairman J. B. Crankshaw, Chairman PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM, SOUVENIRS AND BUTTONS Wm. Shambaugh, Chairman Byron Somers, Chairman TRANSPORTATION CONCESSION Sol. K. Blair, Chairman Samuel MulhoUand, Chairman TICKET COUNTY Samuel Wolf, Chairman E. G, Hoffman, Chairvmn SPEAKERS MEN'S FINANCE Samuel M. Foster, Chairman Louis Curdes, Chairman MUNICIPAL WOMEN'S FINANCE W. J. Hosey, Chairman Mrs. Fred MoCuUoeh, Chairman HOME COMING MUSIC Wm. Scheiman, Chairman ROSS Franklin, Chairman MUSIC FOR PAGEANT John L. Verweire, Director PAGEANT MASTER Donald Robertson ASSISTANT WiUiam Owen STAGE MANAGER David Fuller MUSICAL DIRECTOR .John L. Verweire PRESS REPRESENTATIVE B. J. Griswold SCENERY AND PROPERTIES WiUiam Ersig SEATING T. Bart McHugh STAGE CARPENTER William Walters PROPERTY MAN Chris. Hahn COSTUMES Fritz Schoultz LIGHTING Chicago Stage Lighting Co. ••iajywi|f»!»H'.|| Cast of Characters THUNDERHEAD, a Prophet of the Miamis Donald Robertson SCENE I Principal Understudy A-BAY'FON (The Raccoon), Sachem of the Miamis. E. H. Kilbourne .A. J. Brink AT-CHEE'PONG (The Snapping Turtle), War-Chief of the Miamis Walton H. Ingham. Leo Behler MICHEL, a French Trader F. B. Bradley L. W. Duncan AH-PAS'SYAH (The Fawn), Michel's Squaw Ellen Doyle Bess Banks PHILLIPPE, a French Trader W. J. Wilcox R. Beuret OH-SAY-MO-NEE, PhiUippe's SquawLucille Paxton Irene MiUer CHANK-TUN (Noise Maker), an Indian Runner WiUiam Mossman. .. .H. Derek WEE-PEE'CHAH (The Flint), an Indian Runner .Howard Benninghoff. .Robert Richey FATHER CLAUDE ALLOUEZ, Mis sionary Priest, Society of Jesus. .Maurice C. Niezer W. J. McGarry EDOUARD, a French Trapper Otto Fuelber Ed. Bruns CHRISTOPHE, a French Trapper.. .Wayne Monahan S. DeWald CONVERTED INDIAN E. P. Bennigen Joe Barker HOSTILE INDIAN S. L. Burson. J. C- O'Rourke INDIANS APPEARING IN SCENES I, II AND III Henry Lamaster, Stephen DeWald, H. P. Beok, A. M. Romberg, J. C. O'Rourke, J. Doriot, Leo Buhler, Walter Berghoff, A. J. Schoenbein, Hubert Sudhoff, Virgil Roy, Alphonse Centlivre, Francis Propp, Emil Braun, C. J. Ueber, Patrick J. Cain, A. J. Neidhart, R. Barrett, C. M. Harken rider, G. J. Sullivan, Alphonss Beuret, Harold Beuret, Ray Bueter, Amos L. Jockel, Clarence Getz, Donald Beck, Fred Fry, R. Beuret, Wm. Hays, E. DeWald, D. Haley, P. Foohey, J. DeWald, L. KeUy, A. J. Brink, M. C. Drennan, B. O'Rourke, F. Doriot, W. Nassenstein. Raymond Pierre, Eugene Doyle, Hugh Hart, John Brown, John Flemion, Geo. TeUy, Russell MuUen, Joseph Trempel, Gerald Halstein, Carl Ankenbruck, Arnold Woehnker, Urban Arnold, Frank Sehulte, Jerome Klingenbarger, Erwin Zern, Elmer Grosch, Jesse Klingenberger, Robert Bangert. SQUAWS Helen Triseh, Mrs. Lilie Shumaker, Margaret Welker, MarceUe Egge- man, Rose Goldberger, Sarah Goldberger,''Indra Bryant, W. Bieknell, C. Underbill, Irene GUes, B. Starkel, Mrs. Lulu Hontheim,HelenMarkey, B. Neely, L. Kinley, E. Rayhouser, Genevieve MiUer, Fanny Goldberger, May Firestine, Irene Bowman, M. Clutter, M. Weaver, Mary Philley, Bess Banks, Velma Ross, Lucy King, Irene Derek, Helen Peters, Mrs. Otto Fuelber, Elsie Hyde, Gladys Johnston, Bessie].Rowe, Irene Miller Dorothy Swihart. INDIAN CHILDREN Ruth Gloss, D. Duck, G. Bralton, Edith Longswprth, Halfred Burson, Dorothy Garmire, Mildred Frueehte, Beatrice Mills, Catherine Lott, Martha Washburn, Thelma Washburn, Virginia Swihart, Ethel MoUett. Merle Bishop, Raymond Merickel, Hubert Koehlinger, Joseph Druhot, James Druhot, James Bradley, Ralph Greaney, John Hass, Michael Zwieg, Carl Jerles, Abe Latker, Mike Michelson, ^ac Merickle, Robert Meyer, Elmer Kepler, SCENE II Principal Understudy ENSIGN HOLMES. Stephen Callahan Tom Outland SERGEANT STILWELL Frank Dulin E. J. Sorg GEORGE MACKENZIE, British Trader Dr. Walter Langtry... Herbert Myers GODFROI, French Canadian. .Frank Hogan D. P. Wilcoxen DONALDSON, a British Settler.Frank Bangert Gerald Zent MRS. DONALDSON, his wife.. .Mrs. Ed. Bennigen. .Florence Freiberger LAFARGE, a French half-breedWUl H. Tschannen. Paul Thiel KANE, an English trapper.. .L. R. Young W. W. Teichman OH-SEE-GAN-IT, a young Miami Chief J. R. MitcheU Dr. George W. GiUie MAY-AH-PON-CHAH, an Indian girl Dorothy Detzer Mildred Ehrman AN ENGLISH SENTRY E. J. Reinhart .Lawrence Horn ENGLISH GARRISON Edward White, John Watt, J. Erwin, Gerald Zent, Moody Zent, R. D. Southern, Arthur Wilker, Alfred Bogenschutz, Thos. Outland, Floyd Baldwin, Jay Mingus, Carl Winklemeyer, Harry Warfel, Paul Thiele, Otto Braun, Herbert Myers, Walter Qeller, Edgar Bradley, Nelson Thompson, Howard Bauerle.