The Indian, chief is very proud of his squaw and her child and they are happy until the serpent enters their Eden. Whitefeather, a ruffling Indian brave, has a winning way with the maidens together with a smooth tongue. He is taken with Red Wing and waylays her at every opportunity, seeking to bribe her affections with trinkets. His own sweetheart notices her lover's unfaithfulness and going to the chief falsely tells him that his wife is untrue to him. He therefore watches his wife and seeing her with Whitefeather jumps to the conclusion that the accusation is true. He orders Red Wing with her child to be taken into the desert a day's march and left without food and drink. This is done and the poor mother left to the torments of hunger and thirst. Whitefeather's repentant sweetheart then goes to the chief and tells him that his wife was falsely accused. The chief leaves at once with his braves to search the desert. After a long and weary search the chief finds the fainting mother, alone, for the baby has succumbed to privations.
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