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On the Warpath
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Reginald Barker and/or Francis Ford?
Cast: Art Acord [Arrow Head, as a young brave], Anna Little (Ann Little) [Red Feather], Francis Ford [a cavalry officer], William Clifford [Arrow Head, as the old chief], Sky Eagle [old Yuma chief], [?] Clifford Smith?, [?] J. Barney Sherry?
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [101-Bison]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. / Released 22 June 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom by Ideal Renting Company in 1912.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The film opens with a scene showing the old Indian chief, Arrow Head, selling beadwork at a railroad station. After the train departs he sits down in the shade and falls asleep, living again in his dream the days of his youth as a Yuma brave. The Apache and Yuma Indians, as allies, had been waging a bitter warfare against the whites. The United States government massed large bodies of troops in the district, determined to crush out the guerrilla warfare. The Apaches were willing to make peace, but feared their allies. A conference was held between the Apaches, Yumas and the government representatives, at which the Apaches defied the troops, but the Yumas signed a treaty on condition that the government protect them against the Apaches. During the conference Arrow Head met Red Feather, the daughter of the Sioux chief, and the two young people fall in love. Red Feather overhearing the plans of the Apaches to attack the Yuma camp, and fearing for the safety of her lover, sent her young brother to warn him. The Yumas, though outnumbered, were thus able to arrange a hurried defense, and the battle raged fiercely. Realizing that they must soon be annihilated by their ferocious adversaries. Arrow Head volunteered to ride to the distant fort and appeal to the soldiers for aid. Mounted on a fleet horse, he dashed through the Apache lines, and though sorely wounded managed to elude his pursuers. His horse dropped from exhaustion and he found himself in sight of the Apache village. Red Feather sees him and conceals him in her tepee, where he rests and is given water to quench his thirst. The pursuing Apaches are told by Red Feather that Arrow Head has gone by and they follow the direction she gives. She then brings her pony for her lover, and he reaches the fort without further mishap. When the savages find they have been tricked Red Feather is punished by being staked out in the desert. The rescuing soldiers find her, and then continue their mad gallop to the scene of battle. A fierce encounter takes place, but the Apaches, attacked from the top of the hill by the Yumas, and from the front by the soldiers, are badly defeated. The old Yuma chief, mortally wounded, calls his braves about him, and as a reward for the bravery of Arrow Head hands the latter his head-dress, the insignia of rank, with the consent of the approval of the grateful tribe whose lives Arrow Head has saved.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Native Americans
Listing updated: 29 March 2020.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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