The Indian Princess (1910)
As Tetona sat before the camp-fire gazing at the sweet fact of the white woman in her locket, she pondered for the millionth time as to the owner of that face. Her foster-father, the old chief, professed total ignorance on the subject, but Tetona found that her skin was only darkened when exposed to the sun, and that, together with the locket and apparent inborn abhorrence for some of the Indian customs, caused her to sometimes question whether, after all, she was a real Indian Princess. Since Tetona, then Elletta Barnett, had been carried off during the attack on the prairie schooner, nine years ago, the chief bad been kindness itself to the "Princess Tetona." Only now he commanded her to wed the Prince, his son, creeping cautiously from her tent. Tetona stole quietly toward the woods. She could not, she would not marry the young brave. Fate favored her, for, ere the pursuing Indians could drag her back, Dick Morley galloped past and seeing the maiden in distress, caught her up on his horse and made a mad dash for the Barnett Ranch. The mother's instinct, Tetona's face, and locket thoroughly convinced Mrs. Barnett that at last she had found their long-lost daughter, and, overjoyed at the wonderful discovery, she went to call her husband. The Indians, however, had followed close upon the cowboy's heels, and the instant they observed their Princess alone, crept softly behind her and throwing a blanket over her head, bore her hastily outside. Here again Dick might have saved her had not the crafty Prince attacked him from the rear. He revived sufficiently, however, to tell the distracted father and mother which way the Indians had taken their daughter, but as Barnett ran to get the cowboys to rescue Tetona, the Indians surrounded him, and taking him captive, hurried him before their chief. To vent his wrath upon the maiden would have been unbecoming his dignity, but when the chief found Barnett in his power, his anger burst forth. Tetona, seeing the tribe engaged in a war dance around the unfortunate man, mounted the horse they had taken as they returned with her to the camp, and galloped back to the ranch. Luckily the cowboys lost not a moment in responding to her call, for the infuriated chief had stripped Barnett to the waist, painted a target on his breast, and had his braves drawn up to take aim, when they dashed to the rescue, and would gladly have placed the chief in his place, had not the girl told them of his unvarying kindness to her, and insisted upon giving him his freedom.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Milton J. Fahrney | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
