The Plains Across (1911)
John Jasper, with his son, Bert, had gone ahead to prepare a cabin for his family, leaving his uncle, Dan Mason, to bring Mrs. Jasper and the girls. But had the boys of Allen Ranch, as they rode over the hill, not spied the prairie schooner, which Dan was driving, being attacked by the hostile chief, White Eagle, and his braves, the Jaspers, father and son, would have awaited the schooner's arrival long and in vain. In the fight with the Redskins which followed the boys' mad dash to their rescue, Red Wing, with the chief's son, was sorely wounded, so having climbed into their wagon, he was unknowingly borne away with the whites. When the cabin was reached, however, and his presence learned, the men at once raised their rifles, and would have dispatched him without mercy, had not little Susie begged that his life be spared. Under the gentle care of the child and good-hearted Mrs. Jasper, Red Wing gradually recovered, and almost before Susie realized it, her dear "Injun" had given them his blessing and departed. Finding that her pleadings to accompany her new chum met with only a stern refusal, the little girl waited until the coast was clear, then taking her doll stole cautiously away, but although Susie took the direction which Red Wing had said their encampment lay, she was soon lost and called lustily for help. Fortunately, an Indian maiden, who had been gathering wood, heard her cry and hurried to the child's rescue. But instead of wanting to be taken home, Susie, by giving an imitation of the war-dance, which Red Wing had taught her, finally made the Indian girl understand that she wished to go to the encampment. In the meantime, Red Wing had arrived there just in time to prevent the old chief's taking the warpath to avenge his supposed death, and so delighted was White Eagle at his son's marvelous escape, that when Susie appeared, she was received with every possible honor. Realizing that the Jaspers would be worried at her absence, Red Wing at last coaxed the child to start back with him. However, Susie had been missed almost immediately, so Mrs. Jasper, in her husband's absence, had sent around to the other settlers, and a searching party was soon organized. Hurrying through the woods, the men came upon the child's doll, and not far from it, the Indian girl's feather. Straightway, they made for the encampment. Fortunately, ere they could open fire, Red Wing observed them from an adjoining peak, so giving a war-cry to attract their attention, he lifted the little girl high in the air, brandishing his knife above her head in the meanwhile; for knowing that the whites would be massacred if they attacked the camp, the Indian wished to decoy them away. An exciting chase to the cabin followed, which Red Wing won by taking a canoe, and he was already being profoundly thanked by the distracted mother, when the astonished posse arrived, to learn that the heart of a savage could also know gratitude.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Chief Red Wing |
