- John Wilson is the owner of a ranch in Wyoming. He goes out to his work, leaving his devoted wife and the beautiful little boy, five years old, his son Willie. Grey Eagle, a peaceful but hungry Indian, who has been kicked out of the ranch-house several times, comes again to beg for food. The child, fascinated by the Indian's beadwork, gets him food and permits the Indian to take a bottle of whiskey. As the mother enters, the Indian goes out, followed a few minutes later by the child. We next see the Indian in the woods, enjoying a drink of whiskey, and the child approaches. Little Willie gives to the Indian a silver charm that one of the cowboys had presented to him that morning. The Indian and child are met by a cowboy from the ranch, who sends the child back towards home, and the Indian in another direction. As soon as the cowboy is out of sight the child again follows the Indian, is lost in the woods, and in a very pretty scene, after saying his prayer, the child lies down and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the Indian, in trying to remove the cork from the bottle, has cut his finger and blood from the cut runs on his garments. Grey Eagle finishes his whiskey and falls asleep in the bushes. The mother of the child, alarmed by his absence, goes in search of him, and meeting the father, tells him of the child's prolonged absence. Cowboy Dick rides up and tells of having seen the child with the Indian. The mother is crazed with fearful foreboding, and the father starts off with a number of his cowboys to find the Indian and the child. The Indian is found asleep and dead drunk. One of the cowboys notices the silver charm hanging to the Indian's coat, and recognizes it as the one he had given to the child that morning. Then the bloodstains on the Indian's sleeve satisfy the distracted father and the enraged cowboys that the Indian has, in a drunken fury, killed the child. They seize Grey Eagle, tie him to a tree, and with threats of death, try to compel the poor Indian to tell them where the child is. The Indian's only answer to their demand is a shake of the head, indicating that he does not know. Wilson orders the Indian to be tortured by fire to compel him to tell where the child is. The cowboys bring dry brushwood and pile it around the Indian. One of them lights a match and sets fire to the wood. Meanwhile, shorty, a cowboy, returning to the ranch, stumbles across little Willie, fast asleep in the hushes. He picks the child up and dashes upon horseback toward the ranch house. The flames are creeping nearer the Indian, Grey Eagle. The father begs the Indian to tell where the child is. The Indian shakes his head; he does not know. The flames are just reaching the Indian's feet when a cry is heard. Up dashes Shorty with the child in front of him. The father grasps his beloved little boy, the cowboys scatter the fire and release Grey Eagle, none the worse for his terrible close call. Our last scene shows the mother praying to God to restore her child, As if in answer to her prayer, the father appease, carrying little Willie in his arms. With a cry of joy the mother seizes and kisses her little darling.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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