Faddy Pottawatomy.
Edwin Forrest once produced a play called "Metamora." Supers were engaged to personate Indian warriors, and amoDg thera was a bright Irish lad who had a deep admiration for the great tragedian.
At a point in the play wh^re Metamora ask«, ".Am I not thfi great clvef of tho Pottawafcomies?" the (Supers are supposed to grunt "Ugh, ugh!" The st»go manager had carefally drilled them in what they wera expected to do ; but on the night of the performance the
young Irishman was so transported by Forrest's acting as quite to forget that he was impersonating an Indian. When Porre«t turned to the assembled warrior?, and thundered forth, "Am I not the great chief of the Pottawatomies ? " tho Irish boy's enthusiasm broke through all restraint. Ho leaped into the air with a wild shout, and, twirling his tomakawk about his head, replied, "Begorra, je are! "
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Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 55
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147Faddy Pottawatomy. Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 55
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