awatha's face is lighted up with pleasant smiles as he looks upon
the face of his bride, and tells her that yonder lodge is to be her
new home. The lodge of old Nokomis is in the foreground of the
picture, at the right of the stage. Minnehaha and Hiawatha are in the
background at the left. The door of the wigwam is open, and seated in
the doorway on a log is old Nokomis smoking her pipe. In front of the
tent are the half burned embers of the camp fire; a light smoke is
curling up to the sky, and all is quiet and still. Nokomis is gazing
vacantly into the embers of the fire: perhaps she is thinking of the
days when she

Nursed the little Hiawatha,
Rocked him in his linden cradle,
Bedded soft in moss and rushes,
Softly bound with reindeer's sinews.

Hiawatha, Minnehaha, and Nokomis should be dressed in Indian costume,
which can be cheaply made with a little ingenuity. Hiawatha's coat may
be made of light brown cambric, cut frock style, and belted around the
waist. The skirt should reach to the knee, and be ornamented with two
rows of fringe three inches wide; one should be red, the other yellow.
These fringes are also to be placed on the seams and bottom of the
sleeves and around the collar; round pieces of brass should be
fastened on various parts of the coat and around the belt. The
leggings are made of buff cambric, fitting tightly to the legs, and
ornamented at the side with red fringe. Black cloth shoes trimmed with
beads are worn on the feet; the head is adorned with a gold band, in
which are inserted bright-colored feathers. The belt around the waist
should be made three inches wide, of red morocco, and contain a small
knife and tomahawk; a quiver of arrows is fastened to the back, which
can be fashioned of card-board, and covered with bright-colored paper
or cloth. The exposed parts of the body should be stained a light
brown, the hair brushed up to the top of the head, and confined with a
band. Minnehaha's dress is of red cloth, trimmed with yellow fringe
intermingled with colored beads. The waist of the dress should be of
flesh-colored cloth made to fit the body very snugly. A scarf of
ermine is worn over the shoulders, and tied at the left side. On the
right side of the skirt is an over-skirt or side-apron, made of a
darker colored crimson, and trimmed with ermine; it commences at the
front of the body, and extends half way around the skirt; it is
scalloped at the bottom, and ornamented w