96 The Humming Bird. 



lights and other displays, a water pageant, « The Procession 

 of the Centuries », will move through the beautiful water- 

 ways of the Exposition grounds, illustrating with beauty 

 and historic accuracy some of the great facts of history con- 

 nected with the discovery of America, such as the condition 

 of this country prior to the landing of Columbus; striking 

 events in the life of the great discoverer; important epochs 

 in American history and the world's progress in civilisation. 

 The vessels upon which these tableaux will be represented 

 vary from 40 to 53 feet in length, modeled after the naval 

 architecture of the period represented ; for example, « Colum- 

 bus before the Court of Spain », will be represented upon a 

 vessel modeled after the lines of the « Santa-Maria ». 



The following subjects will be illustrated : 



1st. Aboriginal Age ; representing the American Indians. 



2d. The Stone Age ; representing the Cliff Dwellers. 



3rd. The Age of Metal ; representing the Aztecs, their 

 religious rites, manners and customs. 



4th. Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella. 



5th. Departure of Columbus from Palos. 



6th. Discovery of America. 



7th. Columbus before the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella, 

 presenting natives, and the strange products of the new 

 country. 



8th. English Cavaliers and the settlement of Jamestown. 



9lh. Hendrick Hudson; discovery of the Hudson river; 

 Dutch settlement of New-Amsterdam. 



10th. Landing of the Pilgrims, and illustrations of early 

 Puritan life. 



11th. Ferdinand de Soto; discovery of the Mississipi. 



12th. The French explorers. Pierre Marquette, Chevalier 

 La Salle, and the Northwest. 



13th. Washington and his generals. 



14th. Signing of the Declaration of Independence. 



15th. Union of the colonies ; the thirteen original states; 

 the sisterhood of the Great Republic welcoming the terri- 

 tories to the constellation of the states. 



16th. « Westward the course of empire takes its way. » 



17th. The genius of invention ; application of steam, etc. 



18th. Electricity and electrical appliances. 



19th. War ; representing valor, sacrifice, power, death, 

 devastation. 



20th. Peace ; representing tranquillity, security, prospe- 

 rity, happiness. 



21 st. Agriculture. 



22nd. Mining. 



23rd. Science, Art and Literature. 



2 / ith. The Universal brotherhood of man; equal rights,law 

 of justice; Liberty enlightening the world. 



