The Curse of the Lake (1912)
A tribe of Indians passing over the desert strike camp and the chief's daughter, Owanda, is sent to a nearby spring to fetch water. On her return she finds Howard Martin, a young cowboy, dying of thirst. She hastens to his side, revives him and brings him to her people, who administer to him. Owanda loves him and he persuades her to elope with him. Far out on the plains he tires of her and deserts her. When she awakens to her position, in desperation she wanders aimlessly until she comes to a small lake into which she deliberately walks, and is drowned. Shortly after this occurrence, the lake disappears, and according to a legend, it was accursed by the Great Spirit in displeasure at the white man's heartlessness. Howard Martin goes east, enters business and forgets about the past. Many years have gone by and Howard, with his son, twenty-five, start on a sight-seeing tour. They are held up by an accident to the train at the very place where Howard met and deserted the Indian chief's daughter. While looking about he recognizes many of the old landmarks, and a vision of the girl appears before him. He sinks, apparently dead, to the ground. His son, half crazed by his father's condition, roams away into the open country, to the very spot of the sunken lake. He too, beholds a vision of the Indian girl beckoning him on. He follows on and on, until he falls exhausted to the ground and dies. His father, missing his son, searches for him with a party of horsemen. He finds him dead at the place where he deserted the girl; the shock is too great. He becomes a raving maniac and dies, stricken with heart failure and remorse.
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