Chief John Big Tree

Chief John Big Tree

Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Devil's Doorway (1950). He died on July 6, 1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. One of three men who posed for artist James Fraser for the profile which became the famous "Indian head nickel" or "buffalo nickel" minted 1913-1938. The other two were Chief Two Moons (of the Cheyenne) and Chief Iron Tail (of the Lakota Sioux). The image was reused for a special commemorative $50 gold piece in 2006--the USA's first 24k (pure gold) coin. Big Tree was a member of the Seneca Nation.

  • Title: Chief John Big Tree
  • Popularity: 0.2206
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1877-06-02
  • Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Chief Big Tree, Isaac Johnny John
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Chief John Big Tree Movies

  • 1939
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    Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

    7.615 1939 HD

    A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

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  • 1950
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    Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway

    6.9 1950 HD

    A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

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  • 1941
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    Western Union

    Western Union

    6 1941 HD

    When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

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  • 1938
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    The Girl of the Golden West

    The Girl of the Golden West

    4.6 1938 HD

    A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.

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  • 1929
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    The Overland Telegraph

    The Overland Telegraph

    1 1929 HD

    At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the linesmen. In response, Major Hammond, who oversees the troops, requests that President Abraham Lincoln send twenty thousand more soldiers to come to his aid. Lincoln grants Hammond's request, and sends along Capt. Allen, who is knowledgeable about Indians. At his new post, Allen discovers that a Confederate spy has been fomenting trouble with the Indians. Allen eventually uncovers the spy, makes peace with the Indians and wins the love of Dorothy, a young woman who lives at the post.

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  • 1929
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    Sioux Blood

    Sioux Blood

    1 1929 HD

    One of John Waters' two Tim McCoy westerns made with MGM in the last years of the silent era. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in New York but it hasn't been made available to the public and there don't seem to be any plans for it.

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  • 1925
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    The Red Rider

    The Red Rider

    1 1925 HD

    White Elk, a light-skinned Indian chief, incurs the enmity of Chief Black Panther, whom he prevents from looting a westbound wagon train. Although White Elk is betrothed to an Indian princess, he falls in love with Lucille Cavanagh, a white woman from the East. After her father, John Cavanagh, tricks White Elk into signing away the lands of his tribe, the young chief is condemned to be burned alive by Black Panther.

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  • 1925
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    The Iron Horse

    The Iron Horse

    6.651 1925 HD

    Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

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  • 1937
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    Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

    7 1937 HD

    British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

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  • 1940
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    Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

    5.8 1940 HD

    Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

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  • 1926
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    The Frontier Trail

    The Frontier Trail

    1 1926 HD

    Dolly Mainard, en route to her father, a major at Fort Blaine, is escorted through dangerous Sioux territory by a cavalry detachment and Army scout Jim Cardigan. When Captain Blackwell offends some braves of Chief Gray Wolf's tribe, Jim is sent ahead to the Indian camp to ask for peace. Imprisoned by the Indians, he sends a message to Blackwell not to advance; Donlin, a renegade scout, tears the note in such a way that the message is distorted, and the entire force is killed. When Jim escapes, he is accused of treason by Blackwell, court-martialed, and sentenced to death; however, he escapes and rescues Dolly, her father, and Blackwell from Donlin's band of renegades. Jim discovers the missing portion of the note in Donlin's hat, proving his innocence. Dolly remains to become his wife.

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  • 1927
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    Painted Ponies

    Painted Ponies

    1 1927 HD

    A rodeo rider arrives in Toptown to compete in the local rodeo. He meets a pretty young girl who, with her crippled father, runs a merry-go-round for the town's children. The town bully, who has designs on the young girl, tries to drive off the cowboy but is beaten senseless in the resulting fight. Soon afterwards, however, the girl's father is found shot, and the cowboy is arrested for the crime.

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  • 1931
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    Red Fork Range

    Red Fork Range

    1 1931 HD

    It's time for the stagecoach race to win the mail contract and the only entries are Reden and Farrell. Reden's men kidnap Farrell's daughter and then force him to withdraw. Wally rescues Ruth, buys out Farrel, and enters the race himself. But Reden has his men planted along the course to make sure Wally doesn't win.

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  • 1923
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    The Huntress

    The Huntress

    1 1923 HD

    Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village to avoid marrying a brave from the tribe. She determines to marry land prospector Sam Gladding, who resists her advances but later falls in love with Bela when an Indian sage gives him some advice.

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  • 1934
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    Wheels of Destiny

    Wheels of Destiny

    3 1934 HD

    Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack, Ken Manning breaks it up and later identifies Rocky and his men as the attackers. Expelled from the wagon train, they stampede a buffalo herd puting the Indians on the warpath. After the Indians attack the wagon train, Rocky thinks he can get the map.

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  • 1939
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    Susannah of the Mounties

    Susannah of the Mounties

    6.3 1939 HD

    This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...

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  • 1932
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    The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    5.8 1932 HD

    Natty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his Indian friends Chingachgook and Uncas, he fights battles against nefarious white soldiers as well as the vicious Indian Magua and his cohorts.

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  • 1936
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    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    4.5 1936 HD

    Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

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  • 1939
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    The Oregon Trail

    The Oregon Trail

    8 1939 HD

    Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.

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  • 1939
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    Destry Rides Again

    Destry Rides Again

    7.163 1939 HD

    Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

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  • 1939
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    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    6.4 1939 HD

    Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

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  • 1927
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    Winners Of The Wilderness

    Winners Of The Wilderness

    7.5 1927 HD

    During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.

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  • 1937
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    Hills of Old Wyoming

    Hills of Old Wyoming

    3 1937 HD

    An evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlemen and Indians. Hoppy, Windy and Lucky see that justice is served. Songs abound.

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

    A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.

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  • 1927
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    The Frontiersman

    The Frontiersman

    1 1927 HD

    John Dale and Abner Hawkins are members of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia, assigned to make peace with the Creek Indian tribe in general and the treacherous White Snake in particular.

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  • 1949
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    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    6.896 1949 HD

    On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

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  • 1935
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    The Singing Vagabond

    The Singing Vagabond

    7 1935 HD

    Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.

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  • 1936
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    The Bold Caballero

    The Bold Caballero

    5.7 1936 HD

    The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.

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  • 1926
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    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    6 1926 HD

    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.

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  • 1933
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    The Telegraph Trail

    The Telegraph Trail

    4.7 1933 HD

    A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.

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  • 1940
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    Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

    4.4 1940 HD

    Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.

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  • 1940
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    North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police

    6.354 1940 HD

    Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

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  • 1937
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    Prairie Thunder

    Prairie Thunder

    3 1937 HD

    To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.

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  • 1940
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    Too Many Girls

    Too Many Girls

    5.583 1940 HD

    Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The college is in financial trouble and her bodyguards use their salary to help the college. The football players join the college team, and the team becomes one of the best. One of the football players, Clint, falls in love with Connie, but when she discovers he is her bodyguard, she decides to go back East. The bodyguards follow her, leaving the team in the lurch.

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  • 1922
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    The Primitive Lover

    The Primitive Lover

    5.9 1922 HD

    A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.

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  • 1919
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    A Fight For Love

    A Fight For Love

    5 1919 HD

    The Northwest Mounties are after Cheyenne Harry for the murder of an Indian boy, and the only witness to the crime is a priest - who can't tell what he saw because the real killer, Black Michael, has confessed to him.

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  • 1933
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    King of the Arena

    King of the Arena

    1 1933 HD

    Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.

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  • 1927
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    Spoilers of the West

    Spoilers of the West

    1 1927 HD

    A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.

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  • 1937
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    Maid of Salem

    Maid of Salem

    5.9 1937 HD

    When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.

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  • 1926
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    The Desert's Toll

    The Desert's Toll

    1 1926 HD

    Frank Darwin needs to convince Muriel he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper and Oneta.

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  • 1932
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    The Golden West

    The Golden West

    4 1932 HD

    Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.

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  • 1917
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    The Spirit of '76

    The Spirit of '76

    1 1917 HD

    Catherine Montour, a striking half-breed Indian princess, and mistress of King George III aspires to become the first Queen of America when the revolution breaks out.

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  • 1935
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    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    6.1 1935 HD

    A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.

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  • 1930
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    The Big Trail

    The Big Trail

    6.7 1930 HD

    Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.

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  • 1941
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    Las Vegas Nights

    Las Vegas Nights

    5.5 1941 HD

    A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.

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  • 1940
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    Maintain the Right

    Maintain the Right

    1 1940 HD

    Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Policeman. The story shows the chase and capture of a killer by the policeman, with the respect he commanded causing an Indian tribe to return his dead body back to the post and also turning over the killer he tracked down, only to lose his life to disease while helping the tribe fight the same malady that killed him.

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  • 1928
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    Wyoming

    Wyoming

    1 1928 HD

    A girl leads the way across the great Oregon Trail.

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  • 1921
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    The Avenging Arrow

    The Avenging Arrow

    1 1921 HD

    A young woman tries to find out the reason behind why all of her female ancestors have been killed before they reach their 21st birthday.

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  • 1915
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    The Cactus Blossom

    The Cactus Blossom

    1 1915 HD

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