Before the White Man Came (1920)
Big Elk and Che-wee-na, both of the Great Bear tribe, are engaged to be married. White Wolf, the son of the chief of another tribe, offers to buy Che-wee-na; when her father refuses, Little Wolf challenges Big Elk to a physical contest that Big Elk wins. Embittered, Little Wolf provokes a war between the tribes, abducting Che-wee-na while Big Elk and the other Great Bear warriors are away from their camp. Che-wee-na feigns insanity among Little Wolf's people, who think that she is in communication with the great spirits. She wins the gratitude of the tribe when she nurses a sick child to health, but in so doing incurs the jealousy of the tribe's medicine man, who accuses her of poisoning the tribe's water supply.
Director:
John E. Maple
Writer:
William E. Wing
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Old Badger as |
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Bird Tail as |
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Bear Claw as |
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Mae Old Coyote as |
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Scratches His Face as |
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Plain Feather as |
| Directing | John E. Maple | Director |
| Writing | William E. Wing | Screenplay |
| Writing | William E. Wing | Story |
| Camera | Jack Fuqua | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Emil B. Sonntag | Director of Photography |
