The Falling Arrow (1909)

An outlaw is in love with a Mexican planter's daughter. Young Deer. the Chief of an Indian tribe is also in love with her. While going to the stream for water the girl is followed by the outlaw. The Indian fills her pail. On her way home she is accosted by the outlaw. Her scream brings the Indian to the spat. He fights the outlaw and the latter swears revenge. Determined to marry the girl, he kidnaps her and brings her to a lonely hut. She crawls to the roof, and sends a message wound around an arrow into the camp, and the Indian comes at once to liberate her. He attacks the outlaw, and a fierce fight ensues, out of which the Indian comes victorious. He places the girl upon a fast horse and brings her safely home to her parents. The happy father offers money to the Indian which he proudly refuses, and asks for the girl's hand. Moved by the pleadings of his daughter the planter gives his consent to the marriage.

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