Hiawatha in Petoskey

Here's the second day in a row of Hiawatha posts. I've taken the "Henry" post from earlier today and re-scheduled it, after I found this postcard in my collection:

1919 Hiawatha Indian Play Postcard, Petoskey,Michigan

The writer on the back said "We spent most of the Sunday at Aunt Anna's. Then we were on the dock and watched the steamers come and go. So Long . Mary Culp"

It was postmarked July 7, 1919, from Harbor Springs (not far from Petoskey) in Emmet County in northwestern Lower Michigan.

The postcard, which I have cropped to show the detail of the Indians, shows a spit of land with a canoe ashore, and a rock tower, and from 5 to 7 Native Americans (supposed Native Americans, anyway) each with a Plains-style headdress. I've never heard of this play, so it is probably long gone. I am guessing it was probably a re-enactment of part of the "Song of Hiawatha". The rock tower is surely artificial, as are probably the Indians, and the poem/play itself.

The card was mailed to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A Culp of Elkhart, Indiana. Interestingly enough, I found a biography of this man when I did a Google search. The postcard writer/sender, Mary Culp, also has information available. She lived from 1899 to 1990.