An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose...
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Silver Eagle
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| Lottie Pickford | ... |
Minnewanna
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| Kate Bruce | ... |
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Charles Craig | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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Frank Evans | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| Edith Haldeman | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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Ruth Hart | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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| Arthur V. Johnson | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| James Kirkwood | ... |
Silver Eagle's Father - the Tribal Spokesman (uncredited)
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| Henry Lehrman | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| W. Chrystie Miller | ... |
The Old Chief (uncredited)
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| George Nichols | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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Anthony O'Sullivan | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| Alfred Paget | ... |
Silver Eagle (uncredited)
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| Billy Quirk | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| Mack Sennett | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| Charles West | ... |
Conqueror (uncredited)
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| Dorothy West | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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| D.W. Griffith | ||
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| Frank E. Woods | ... | () (uncredited) |
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- Biograph Company (1909) (United States) (theatrical)
- American Mutoscope & Biograph (2008) (World-wide) (aka Biograph Company)
- Reel Media International (2006) (World-wide)
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An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose elderly father needs his help on the journey ahead. Written by Snow Leopard |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Biograph Company LLC is now in development of a re-make of its 1909 western melodrama The Red Man's View. This movie is unique in the sense that, since the film Dances with Wolves (1990), this will film will be one of the few films made centering around the actual lives of Native Americans during the time of the Civil War in the 1860's. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009). See more » |
| Quotes |
Silver Eagle's Father, the Tribal Spokesman:
Light us on to a better land! See more » |