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  • The Medicine Bag (1914)
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The Medicine Bag (1914)
Short | Short, Western
In the olden days the mail stagecoach left the frontier town of Saint Joseph, and headed across the prairie to Santa Fe was guarded by the escort of mounted men. It was a journey of 2,000 miles, beset with the dangers of wild animals, ...See moreIn the olden days the mail stagecoach left the frontier town of Saint Joseph, and headed across the prairie to Santa Fe was guarded by the escort of mounted men. It was a journey of 2,000 miles, beset with the dangers of wild animals, prairie fires and ferocity of lurking Indians. Here and there on the outskirts of civilization were the cabins which the early settlers erected on the prairie. In one of these houses dwelt Anna and her aged father. Anna was the sweetheart of Dan, one of the mail-coach guards, and her heart would jump for joy when in the distance she saw the stagecoach approaching across the flat plains. On one of these trips Dan befriended an Indian, Two Feathers, who had fallen from his horse and was dying. As a reward the grateful Indian gave Dan his precious medicine bag, telling him that bad luck would never come to him or anyone else who possessed it. Anna and Dan set their wedding day and as a betrothal pledge he gave her the magic medicine bag. Soon after this the red skins under the terrible chief Black Kettle went with war paint and tomahawk upon the bloody war path. They surprised and robbed the stagecoach, then attacked and set in flames the little cabin of Anna's father. She was captured by Two Feathers, who recognized the medicine bag and took her under his protection, intending to return her to Dan in gratitude for his kind services. In the meanwhile Dan who had escaped from the Indian's tomahawks went with all haste to warn his sweetheart of the savages' outbreak. When he arrived at the cabin he found it in ruins. Anna gone and her father severely wounded. He was almost distracted with grief. When casting his eyes on the ground he recognized the gaudy-colored scarf which belonged to Two Feathers. He started to overtake them, and rescue his betrothed. For miles across the undulating plains he and his companions trailed the guilty tribe and at last reached the Indian encampment. His companions realizing that they were not strong enough to attack the savages dispatched one of their members to Fort Leavenworth to ask the aid of the army in freeing the captives. Two Feathers and his wife took Anna into their wigwam and were treating her with the kindest of attention. Dan's heart was sorely troubled about the safety of Anna and he could not wait until the morning for the troops to arrive, but resolved to go single handed into the Indians' camp. He entered the wigwam of Two Feathers and was about to kill him when he learned from Anna herself that she owed her life to the Indian. In the cool morning air the soldiers' bugles sounded the charge and the troops from all sides rushed in upon the Indians. The first to die was Two Feathers, who fell lifeless into the arms of his wife with a bullet in his heart. Dan and Anna after giving faithful words of consolation to the weeping squaw turned their ponies' noses toward civilization to be married, pledging themselves never to forget Two Feathers' kindness or to part with the magic medicine bag. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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May 1914 (United States)

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Charles Hamlin
Dan Dan   See fewer
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Anne Howard
Anna - Dan's Sweetheart (as Anna Howard) Anna - Dan's Sweetheart (as Anna Howard)   See fewer
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