Frontier life was hazardous. Affording, as it did, a safe retreat for criminals of all countries, the honest pioneers were compelled to punish crimes summarily in order to check the ... See full summary
A True Indian Brave (1910) Online
Frontier life was hazardous. Affording, as it did, a safe retreat for criminals of all countries, the honest pioneers were compelled to punish crimes summarily in order to check the recklessness of the desperadoes with which the west was infested. Slight circumstances oft times sent a man to his doom, and in this swift meeting of justice the innocent frequently suffered. This playlet shows the narrow escape of a man and woman from the avenging hands of cowboys who thought them guilty. Two cowboys who have imbibed freely and unwisely, meet a pretty little Indian girl fishing. Bob tries to kiss her while Jack looks on and laughs. The girl struggles with Bob and becoming alarmed at his boisterous attentions strikes him with a large stick. As he falls unconscious to the ground Jack rushes toward her but she holds him at bay with the club. At this moment the girl's Indian sweetheart arrives on the scene and leaps upon the white man who draws a knife. A terrific struggle ensues and the ...
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 | James Young Deer |
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