t Portraits."

[2] See the South Carolina _Gazette_ files for 1760, 1761.

[3] Ponteach:/or the/Savages of America,/A/Tragedy/[Major Robert
Rogers.] London:/Printed for the Author; and Sold by J.
Millan,/opposite the Admiralty, Whitehall./M.DCC.LXVI./[Price 2s. 6d.]

[4] Ponteach/or the/Savages of America/A Tragedy/By Robert Rogers/With
an Introduction/and a Biography of the Author/By Allan Nevins/Chicago/
The Caxton Club/1914/

[Illustration: PONTEACH:

OR THE

Savages of America.

A

TRAGEDY.

LONDON: Printed for the Author; and Sold by J. MILLAN, opposite the
_Admiralty, Whitehall_.

M.DCC.LXVI.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

PONTEACH, Indian Emperor on the Great Lakes.

PHILIP _and_ CHEKITAN, Sons of Ponteach.

TENESCO, His chief Counsellor and Generalissimo.

ASTINACO, }
THE BEAR, } Indian Kings who join with Ponteach.
THE WOLF, }

TORAX _and_ } Son and Daughter to Hendrick, Emperor
MONELIA } of the Mohawks.

INDIAN Conjurer.

FRENCH Priest.

SHARP, }
GRIPE, } Three English Governors.
CATCHUM, }

Colonel COCKUM, } Commanders at a Garrison in Ponteach's
Captain FRISK, } Country.

M'DOLE _and_ } Two Indian Traders.
MURPHEY, }

HONNYMAN _and_ } Two English Hunters.
ORSBOURN, }

Mrs. HONNYMAN, Wife to Honnyman, the Hunter.

Warriors, Messengers, &c.

PONTEACH: OR THE SAVAGES OF AMERICA

ACT I.

SCENE I. _An Indian Trading House._

_Enter M'DOLE and MURPHEY, two Indian Traders, and their Servants._

M'DOLE.

So, Murphey, you are come to try your Fortune
Among the Savages in this wild Desart?

MURPHEY.

Ay, any Thing to get an honest Living,
Which 'faith I find it hard enough to do;
Times are so dull, and Traders are so plenty,
That Gains are small, and Profits come but slow.

M'DOLE.

Are you experienc'd in this kind of Trade?
Know you the Principles by which it prospers,
And how to make it lucrative and safe?
If not, you're like a Ship without a Rudder,
That drives at random, and must surely sink.

MURPHEY.

I'm unacquainted with your Indian Commerce,
And gladly would I learn the Arts from you,
Who're old, and practis'd in them many Years.

M'DOLE.

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