"Through the machinations of an unscrupulous Mexican, pretty Marguerite Caldwell is taken by Indians. The Mexican is tracked and overtaken at the Indian camp just before he could wreck his vengeance upon the helpless girl." -Moving Picture World, August 31, 1912, p. 910.
“A picture by a new Flying A company. There are many faces in it, but we recognize none of them. The story is melodramatic; but not like other pictures of this brand. It is complicated and obscure, too obscure for us to be able to tell the story. It is queerly conducted. The photography is poor”
- The Moving Picture World, August 31,1912, pg.885
Note: This is likely the work of American's Chicago unit. During the summer of 1912, while Dwan's western unit was relocating from La Mesa to Santa Barbara, the eastern unit picked up the production slack. - DD
The foreign release date via the London office was October 19th, 1912.
And the British view:
“A striking presentment of the perils which had to be faced by the early Western settlers. The opening scenes show the arrival of some settlers. Several weeks elapse, and we see them settled down in their new home. But there is a girl in the family who is constantly pestered with the attentions of a Mexican. Her refusal to have anything to do with him leads the Mexican to plan her abduction. With the aid of a wandering band of Indians the settler's home is raided, and its occupants taken captive. The girl's sweetheart, finding the homestead pillaged and deserted, arouses the cowboys, and a mad ride to the rescue results in the defeat of the Indians and the release of the captives, stern justice being dealt out to the Mexican”
– Cinema News and Property Gazette, October, 1912 Supplement, pg. 391