Plot

Black Crow, who is friendly to the whites, and Lame Wolf, who urges the tribe to massacre the miners in a settlement nearby, engage in a knife duel. Nekoma, Black Crow's squaw, is attracted by the sound of the combat She arrives just as her brave is slain. Like a tigress, the squaw springs toward Lame Wolf and attempts to knife him. Her tribesmen seize her and frustrate the attempt. Admiring the woman's spirit, Lame Wolf announces his intention of making her his squaw upon his return from the warpath. That evening, Nekoma steals out of camp with her child. Later, the two are saved by Dan, a settler, and his wife, just as they are about to perish of thirst. Nekoma warns Dan that her people intend to kill the whites. Dan places the squaw and her papoose in his prairie wagon and drives furiously to the settlement. Dan gives the alarm. As the result, when the Indians make their attack, they are ambushed and slain. The victorious miners shower their thanks upon Nekoma. Lame Wolf, who was stunned during the fight, recovers. He resolves to avenge the death of his tribesmen by stealing upon the miners and killing them while they are asleep. Nekoma, sleeping under Dan's wagon, hears the cautious footsteps of Lame Wolf. Creeping from under the wagon, she comes upon the Indian just as he is about to kill Dan and his wife. Before Lame Wolf can accomplish his foul design, the squaw plunges her knife through his heart. The man's death cry awakens Dan and the settlers. The squaw pays no heed to expressions of gratitude. Bending over the body of her husband's slayer, she spurns it with her foot.—Moving Picture World synopsis