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WE BECOME A NATION
Lieutenant. — I’m sorry, ma’am. I’ll be back in a month. {Calling) All right, men ! Back to Marietta !
Sound. — Horses galloping off — into distance.
Jared. — {Shouting) Ye’ll find us all here when ye come back!
Sophia. — Hush, Jared!
Jared. — {Shouting) Ye ain’t turnin’ us out!
Obediah. — {Quietly) It’s the law.
Jared. — Public domain fer us all ! No ! It’s public domain for them who kin pay!
Obediah. — You kin stay here no longer. That’s final.
Jared. — {Wearily) We was cornin’ along so nice . . . gardens planted and a fort half built. . . .
Obediah. — Forget it.
Sound. — Baby crying.
Sophia. — Poor baby. . . .
Jared. — Mebbe by the time the youngen grows up, he kin buy some land . . . jest enuf t’live on out here and be happy.
Obediah. — I’ll go back with you all to Danford.
Jared. — No! I’m not going back! I’m going to stay out here in the Northwest!
Man. — No ... I won’t do the same thing again! Clear trees . . . build cabins . . . fight Injtms . . . freeze. . . . No!
Sophia. — I’m with ye, Jared!
Voices. — {Ad lib disagreement)
Jared. — Wait for me, wait! {Pause) We wanted t’ come out here to the new land and open it up. . . . Now if Aunt Sophia be willin’ t’ go out yonder still further . . . an’ I’m willin’ fer my baby to grow up out there where it’s new and free and the ground be tender to livin’ things . . . then ye should all be willin’. Mebbe they’ll find us again and force us off. . . . Mebbe we’ll just be wanderers on this land we can’t buy . . . but I say, let’s not go back. Are you with me!
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