Darkfeather's Sacrifice (1913)
Darkfeather graduates from Hopi. She returns to her tribe, met by her father, Ungatah, wearing the latest modem clothes. Kotah, an old admirer, shows his dislike for modem ideas by presenting her with a beautiful beaded leather dress. She assumes the garb of her tribe and again rides the prairies and forests. Ned, a surveyor, rides from his camp one day and becomes lost in the desert. He is forced to abandon his dead horse, and is rescued from death by thirst by Darkfeather. She takes him to the village and nurses him to health. While drifting in a canoe one day, during his convalescence, he tells her of his love. She accepts it, and on the bank he cuts two hearts in the bark of an old tree and carves their initials under them. Returning to the village, he openly declares his love for her by placing an engagement ring on her finger before the Indians. Later he leaves, promising to return. Kotah distrusts Ned, but says nothing. Darkfeather, roaming over the old places, waits his coming, but when mail is brought to the camp and none for her, she becomes doubtful. Later, a party of surveyors pass through the village and stop to buy feed. Darkfeather questions Jim about Ned, He tells her Ned is married and shows her a newspaper containing a notice thereof. Darkfeather, filled with anger and jealousy, at once assumes her civilian clothes and goes to the city, learning Ned's whereabouts through an old envelope he left in a discarded jacket. She finds Ned and his wife in the garden of their palatial home, and decides to strike them down, but love conquers her jealousy and she leaves quietly. Returning to the village, she discards her civilian dress and carries all relics of civilization in a bundle to the trysting tree of the hearts and initials. Here she casts the bundle of clothing into a huge fire, which consumes them as well as the tree.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Frank Montgomery | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Mona Darkfeather |
