The feature of this picture is the gratitude of an Indian for a kindness shown him. An outlaw robs a coach and is wounded in the fight. He drops a portion of the jewels in his flight through the forest. An Indian picks up some of the jewelry and almost immediately afterward steps into a bear trap. He succeeds in getting his foot out, but it is badly injured. The trapper's wife nurses his wound and in return he gives her some of the jewels. A deputy sheriff soon afterward calls at the cabin for a drink and sees the jewels. He believes the trapper to be the thief and despite the protestations of himself and his family he is taken to jail a considerable distance away. That night the Indian hears of his arrest and immediately proclaims himself the thief, but no one will believe him. He asks for a horse and is refused. So, though lame from his encounter with the bear trap, he starts on foot over mountain and through forest to give his testimony and release an innocent man. A further search reveals the body of the real outlaw, dead from loss of blood, with the remainder of the booty upon him. The picture is far more lively and interesting than can be described and the characters are worked out with skill and understanding. The Moving Picture World, August 26, 1911
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