Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script

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There was woman *s fearless eye ,
Lit  by her  deep  love's truth;
There was manhood's  brow serenely high,
And   the   fiery heart   of   youth.
What  sought they thus   afar?
Bright jewels   of the mine?
Ehe   wealth of  Bead,   the spoils   of war?
$hey  sought a fiath's  pure   shrine.
Ay,   call  it holy ground,
The   soil where  first  they trod.
They  hive   left  unstained what there  they found—
Freedom   to   worship  God.
rirl Puritan — That was a   dreadful winter..     In t wo   or   three  months1
time   ha^f   of   our  company died,   especially in  January and February,
being ttae   depth of winter,   and wanting houses  and   other   conforts,
being   infected w ith   the   scurvy  and   other  diseases, which this   long
voyage   had  brought upon us   so   that  of  100  and  odd persons,   scarce
50  remained.     Ill   this while the   Indians  came   skulking  about us..
Boy—You must have   had a   tough time.T     Didn't life  ever become   any
easier?
Girl**-Yes,   all   the   next  summer   there  was  no want.     And now began
to  aorae   in sotre   of  fowl,   as winter approached,   besides water  fowl
thare was great   store   of wild turkeys, besides  venison.     We  had
abcut  a peck of meal a  week to   a  person,   since  harvest,   and  Indian,
earn.     We  were   so  grateful  that we   set aside   three  days  for   fa«H3»-
ing  and  thanksgiving   and  invited  our  friends   the   Indians.
Boy--What  did you do  to  have   fun?
Girl—We  had to   struggle   so hard for a   living we   didn't have   time
for  fun.
Xii Curtain
Boy reading a,gain :^- (By  1750  there   were   one million  English in
America, but the  English king still tried to   rule   over  these  people
in America.     The     English  soldiers  were   sent over to wage  war   on
the   colonists.     The battle   of  Lexington and  Concord was   the   first
battle   of   the   wur.
Boy--"Clear  as mud •'-- (Curtain pulled)
On   stage   is
Redcoat--
My company shall march  on Lexington   and  ^oncord  today to  arrest
Hancock  and Adams and  to   seize   the bullets,   powder,  and guns   the-
farmers have   stored away.     If  we  don't get them today,  we'll get
them later,   thru the  back,   maybe.
Minuteman  enter a--
"We have a   feeling   in  our  bones that  the  British are coming  out
into   our  peaceful countryside   tomorrow* . We'll be  ready any minute
for  them though.     Our good  friend,,Paul Revere,   will  wait on  the
banks   of the   Charles River   to watch for   the   signal   light  in the
church  across  the river  in Boston.
He   said  to  his friend:      "If   the British march
By  land or   sea from the   town  tonight,
Hang a   lantern   aloft   in the   belfry arch
Of   the  North  Church   tower,   as   a signal  light.
One   if  by  land,   and   two   if by  sea;
And   I  on   the  opposite   shore will be
Ready  to ride and  spread   the   alarm
Through  every Middlesex village   and   farm
For the  country-folk  to  be   up   and to arm"
Then   he   said,   "Good night ,-'*   and witij muffled  oar
Silently rowed to  the  Char les town   shore.