Lo! The Poor Indian (1914) Online

Lo! The Poor Indian (1914) Online

A. Hunter, wandering through the forest in quest of game, fell into a trap. He was released by a poor Indian. Filled with gratitude, the hunter spoke as follows: "Let Red Hawk come to wigwam of his White Father, there Paleface may give him much Wampum." The poor Indian, who had a casual knowledge of Cooper, partially understood the meaning and followed him to his home. The arrival of the noble aboriginal of the primeval forest at the hunter's home nearly scared the hunter's children into "conniption" fits. The hunter left him in the kitchen and went upstairs to prepare a room for his guest. Left alone, the poor Indian accidentally turned on the water in the kitchen sink. After trying to stop the flow with his thumb, his simple and untrammeled intellect gave up the problem and he sat and watched the sink overflow, with naive enjoyment. The hunter's spouse, called from the cellar by the sudden downpour, caught one glimpse of the red man and fell back into the cellar. The hunter came ...