23 July 1916 Adventure, History 50 mins
A Spanish boy is shipwrecked and cast ashore in Mexico in the sixteenth century. He is raised as a god by the Tehuan tribe, who have never before seen a white man, and is named Chiapa. Then at manhood he rules the Tehuans. Chiapa loves the priestess Tecolote but she is kidnapped by the Aztec warrior Mexitli, so he follows in the hopes of rescuing her.
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William S. Hart as Chiapa
Enid Markey as Lolomi
Dorothy Dalton as Tecolote
P. Dempsey Tabler as Mexitl
Robert McKim as Montezuma
Monte M. Katterjohn Screenplay
Joseph H. August Director of Photography
Clyde De Vinna Director of Photography
Charles Swickard Director
Thomas H. Ince Producer
Rival Tribes Trailer
United States 23 July 1916
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