12 February 1912 Drama, Action 13 mins
While their mother is away from home, Billy and his sister are set upon by marauding Indians, who trap them in their cabin. Billy rigs a keg of gunpowder and tricks the Indians into entering the cabin, while he and his sister escape.
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Wilfred Lucas as Billy's Father
Claire McDowell as Billy's Mother
Edna Foster as Billy
Ynez Seabury as Billy's Sister
Robert Harron as A Settler
D.W. Griffith Director
United States 12 February 1912
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