The Heart of a Sioux (1910)
Paul Hester, a young college graduate, is assigned to teach an Indian school on one of the Government reservations and takes his sister with him to make him a home. On their arrival at the mining camp some of the men decide to test his mettle, and one of them contemptuously kicks at his valise. Paul is quick with his fists, but the other, more adept with his gun, and at the sight of the blued steel checks Paul. But Fawn Heart, the daughter of the chief, is quicker yet, and her own gun compels the bully to drop his Colt's. Paul quickly falls in love with Grace, the daughter of the government agent, and finds his affection reciprocated. Meantime Fawn Heart also falls in love with her teacher, and mistakes his kindly interest in her studies for a deeper feeling. Fawn Heart is an expert with bow and arrow, and Paul has instituted an archery contest as a part of the holiday games. Fawn Heart wins the prize and later puts her skill to good use when Lone Wolf, a member of the tribe, seeks to rob Paul of the money left in his charge by the agent, who is called away on a trip. Paul hears a noise in the schoolhouse and enters to engage Lone Wolf in a desperate struggle, which is terminated by Fawn Heart, whose arrow pierces the Indian's wrist. Bravely she learns of the forthcoming marriage of Paul and Grace, but when the merry wedding party has passed from sight she shows that hearts are pretty much the same the world over by sobbing out her sorrow on her father's breast, an effective final tableau to a story of unusual interest.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
