Natoosa
Directed by Rollin S. SturgeonSauntering through the Three X Ranch, Red Hawk and his daughter Natoosa are accosted by some of the cowboys, who try to take liberties with the young Indian girl. Jack Bangs comes to her rescue and drives off her tormentors. He earns Red Hawk's thanks, and Natoosa falls deeply in love with him. Upon their return to the Indian encampment, Natoosa confides to her father that she is in love with Bangs. Red Hawk, filled with his race's pride and traditions, goes back to the ranch and tells Bangs he would honor him by giving his daughter to him in marriage. Bangs frankly tells the chief that he is engaged to another. Red Hawk, disappointed and angry, sullenly departs. He tells his braves that they must capture Jack and his sweetheart Lillian and bring them to the Indian encampment. Obeying their chief's command, they await a favorable opportunity and lie in wait for Jack and Lillian, whom they seize and carry away. They tie them to stakes with the decree that they must both die on the morrow. Leaving them for the night, the Indians return to their village. Natoosa overhears them arranging for the execution of the prisoners. In spite of her rejection, her love is too sincere for Jack to see him die or to wish him any unhappiness. In the darkness of the night, she goes in search of Jack and Lillian. When she finds them, she releases them, urging them to escape, which they do with all possible speed. When Red Hawk accidentally learns that his daughter has freed them, he determines that she shall he put to death for the deed. Natoosa wanders to the transparent pool she frequented and, sadly viewing the reflection of her face in its mirror-like depths, she despondently drives a dagger into her breast and drops, lifeless. Her father, who is searching for her, reaches the pool and finds that his daughter has carried out the execution of his own intentions.
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