War on the Plains

War on the Plains

20 mins | Western | Feb. 23, 1912

The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.

War on the Plains

20 mins | Western | Feb. 23, 1912

War on the Plains
The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.
Producers New York Motion Picture, Bison Motion Pictures
Original title War on the Plains
Directors Thomas H. Ince
Writers William Eagle Shirt, Thomas H. Ince, Ray Myers

Cast

Francis Ford

as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector

Ethel Grandin

as Ethel, the Wagon Captain's Daughter

Ray Myers

as A Young Emigrant

Howard Davies

as A Prospector

William Eagle Shirt

as An Indian

J. Barney Sherry

as A Frontiersman

Art Acord

as A Frontiersman

Tilly Baldwin

as Cowgirl

Clayton Monroe Teters

as Indian (uncredited)