Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script

              GHOSTS OF FI¥E  FRONTIERS
(  Upper--New  England
First  Frontier Life   on the   Coast   f   tower—Southern  colonies
(   1650 — 1750
Second Frontiers-Life  near and  in   the  Appalachains--175C—1790
Third Frontier Life  on the Mississippi—1765-1820.
(   Drowsy Califorhia
Fourth Frontier--Qn   to   the  Pacific   (  Rich Oregon
[   1804-1646
Last  Frontier Texas,   Colorado,   Wyoming,  Nevada~-185a —1890
Episode   I   --     Life   on   the   Coast
Part  I—New England—(8B Characters}
Boy—(Reading  aloud from  3oc  Sci.   book)     0.84
The First Settlers  in New England—"It was  a bitter morning
in  Dec,   near   Cape   Cod.     Miles   Standish had just   landed and   led
a  little group  off   into   the  deep  woods   to  explore  the   land.     They
had   spent many such  cold days searching the shores   of   Cape   Cod
for  a good place at  Which to   locate   their   settlement.     On board
the Mayflower,  people were  growing impatient,   and discouraged.
The  trip  had been very long,   very hard,  and many were   sick   (Boy--
Hi story is   so  dry,     I  wi sh   the  people  could  come to   life and  talk
to  me.)
Curtain   is pulled
Pilgrim Boy—Hello   there-     I  am a pilgrim who  came   to  America and
settled  on that  wild New England   shore *
Boy--I!ll bet it was hard  to make   a landing.
P.Boy--"Yes--It  was — The  breaking waves   dashed high,
On  a stern and  rock bound  coast,
And the woods  against   the   stormy sky,
Their  giant  branches   tossed
And the  heavy "night hung   dark
The  hills and water  ofer,
When  a band  of   exiles moored their  bark'
On   the  wild New   an gland   shore.
Not   as the  conqueror   comes,
They,   the true—hearted,   came;
Not with   the roll  of the   stirring drums,
And  the trumpet   that   sings   of  fame;
Not as the  flying  comes,
In   silence and   in   fear;
They shook the depths   of  the desert  gloom.
With their  hymns  of   lofty cheer.
. :. Amidst  the   storm they sang,
And the   stars heard  and the aea;
And  the   sounding  aisles  of   the dim woods rang
To   the   anthem of  the free.'
The   oc ean  eagle  soared
From his nest  by the  k.hite  wave's  foam;
And   the   rocking pines  of   the  forest  roared-
This was  their welcome  home J
There were  men with  hoary hair
amidst   the pilgrim band;
Why had they come  to   wither there,
Away from their childhood's  land?
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5here  was manhood's brow serenely*high,
Am the f ier'y heart  of  youth.