John Colter's Escape
Adapted from Washington Irving's "Astoria"
Produced by HOBART BOSWORTH
CAST OF CHARACTERS
HEB FATHER
HER MOTHER Lillian Hayward
HER LITTLE SISTER Jacqueline Hayward
Elmer Clifton
INDIAN RUNNER .
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JOHN COLTER, a backwoodsman of the northwestern coast, earned a reputation for his speed as
runner and his resourcefulness in face of danger. Once, when trapping, he was captured by a
marauding band of Blackfeet, who gave him a chance for his life by running the gauntlet in a
rather singular way. He was set loose and the Indians were ordered to pursue him until he was worn
down, thus giving opportunity to prolong his torture at their pleasure. The crafty Colter led them
such a swift pace that when the strongest runner was so far ahead that his fellow men were out of sight,
he turned, tripped the Indian, and finished him with his own spear. Then he took to the water and by
hiding like a beaver beneath a driftwood raft, escaped.
On the same reel with
A QUESTION OF HAIR
Written by J. EDWARD HIINGEREORD Produced by CHAUNCEY HERBERT
Baldy is refused by Miss Boggs, a hair demonstrator who favors
hair-rich Harry. Subsequently he discovers that both Miss Boggs and
Harry are well wigged. He gets Harry's goat or rather his wig, which
ends one romance and begins another.
Herbert
Rawlinson
SELIG ^
Copyright, 1912,
Selig Polyscope Co.
