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The usual thing, but dished up with a dainty flavoring and artistic touches that whets the appetite for more of the same kind. Who would imagine that a film bearing such an innocent title would contain all the glamour of the wildest west, with bloodthirsty redskin bucks, dusky squaws, war dances, murder and pillage? It is all there to thrill the gallery gods; but, unusual thing, through it all runs a thread of human sympathy, delineated by the cleverest of child actresses and appealing to the sentiments of the most intelligent audience. The story is strong in its simplicity and has been handled with great dramatic power. It tells of a frontier settlement that was saved from annihilation by the gift of a doll which won the affection of an Indian child. Resenting the ill-treatment she received from the members of the tribe, the Indian child warns her friends in time of a hostile attack. She is mortally wounded by a stray shot during the conflict and as she lies down to die beside the grave she had prepared for the doll which had been destroyed by a cruel Indian, one cannot restrain a feeling of exultation that she has passed beyond the cruel life she was compelled to lead. All through the piece the acting is convincing and the realism of some of the scenes is impressive. It is a film which will please any audience. - The Moving Picture World, October 29, 1910