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  • Dove Eye's Gratitude (1909)
  • Short | Short, Western
Dove Eye's Gratitude (1909)
Short | Short, Western
A young white chap leaves his log cabin home, where live his father, mother and two young sisters, to hunt game, and it was a lucky day for Dove Eye, a pretty Indian girl, that he did; but of this you will learn later. Dove Eye, ...See moreA young white chap leaves his log cabin home, where live his father, mother and two young sisters, to hunt game, and it was a lucky day for Dove Eye, a pretty Indian girl, that he did; but of this you will learn later. Dove Eye, accompanied by One Feather, who is in love with her, goes down to the stream, and with her companion's assistance gets into a waiting canoe. While One Feather stands on the shore, Dove Eye glides from view. She lands and picks berries. Intent upon her occupation, she does not see coming toward her a huge bear. Just as he is about to attack her, she turns and runs away, screaming. The white lad, who hears the screams, runs through the woods, and sees Dove Eye followed by the bear. She falls, and were it not for the young man, who kills the bear, she would have been killed. As it is, she is injured. After he bathes and binds her wounds, she places around his neck a necklace, taken from her own. He helps her into her canoe, and she paddles away. When she returns to camp and tells of her rescue, One Feather becomes jealous and says the white man will suffer. The youth returns home, tells of his adventure and gives the necklace to his little sister. The father goes for provisions and leaves his son in charge, providing against an attack by the Indians, who later give the boy a hard fight, the mother has loaded the last gun and the house is in flames, so when the remaining shot is fired, her anguish is great. The Indians rush into the burning house and take the little girl prisoner, leaving the others to their fate. When the little girl is brought to the Indian camp. Dove Eye recognizes her necklace and questions the child, who tells her how she became the possessor of It. Dove Eye loses no time in getting away and flying on horseback to the cabin, reaching there just in time to save the white folks. Dove Eye entreats the father, who has just returned and would rush to his little one's rescue, to rely upon her, promising to return that night with the child. When Dove Eve reaches her home the Indians are preparing to go to rest, while One Feather guards the little one. The Indian girl sends him fur water, and while he is gone she releases the child and gallops off with her. When the family offer their thanks for the safe deliverance of their child, she only points to her wounds, showing that her kindness is merely a proof of her gratitude. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Fred J. Balshofer
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Updated Oct 8, 1909
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Oct 8, 1909 (United States)

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