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Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

In the historic days of early New England, a certain Puritan settlement not far from Boston was afflicted by the presence of two most undesirable inhabitants, Betsy Spratt, a scandalous village gossip, and Heinrich Von Winkle, a loafer and...See moreIn the historic days of early New England, a certain Puritan settlement not far from Boston was afflicted by the presence of two most undesirable inhabitants, Betsy Spratt, a scandalous village gossip, and Heinrich Von Winkle, a loafer and sot. Both were married, Betsy having a beautiful home and innocent daughter, Peggy, while Heinrich was the undeserving father of a sturdy, honest, young hunter named Jan. The Puritan residents in the colony were unanimous in their disfavor toward the old gossip and the old inebriate, and it was but natural that their children should suffer the ignominy and embarrassment caused by them. Finally, one day, the Pilgrim Council issued an edict that old Betsy and old Heinrich should be punished by the ducking stool, and the two old vagabonds suffered the humiliation of being doused in the water of a running stream amid the acclaims of an appreciative audience, consisting of the entire village. Young Jan, concealed in the forest across the stream, witnessed the punishment of his father, while pretty Peggy, concealed behind a tree on the edge of the village, saw the public disgrace of her mother. The two brave young hearts hastened to the scene and rescued their vagabond parents after the law had taken its course, and took them home. Old Betsy and old Heinrich concocted a plan of revenge. Their public disgrace had made life in the village endurable no longer. Old Heinrich was aware of the shortage of powder in the village fort, and planned with Betsy to destroy this powder and notify the Seneca Indians of the defenseless condition of the stockade village. Their plan was to load themselves with the loot after the destruction and scalping of the Pilgrims and to make their way to Boston, where they could live in luxury. Cunning old Heinrich secured admittance to the powder house and carried out his part of the plot by pouring water over the remaining keg of powder. He then signaled the Seneca Indians and on a visit to their chieftain, acquainted the redskins with the conditions, whereupon, an immediate attack was decided on by the Senecas. Jan and Peggy fell in love with each other and became sweethearts. Their misery in the Puritan village where their advent was always greeted with ignominy and jeers as the children of the two vagabonds, became unbearable, but in the sweet consolation of love they forgot the bitterness of unpopularity, while they behaved themselves in a manner that should have attracted the respect and admiration of their fellow villagers. Jan, as a clever young hunter, had a warm friend in the young Mohawk chieftain, and they made expeditions into the forest for hunting and fishing. The Mohawks were at war with the Senecas. On the night of the projected attack, Jan was returning home from a hunting trip and witnessed the passage of a war party of Senecas through the forest. He learned of their intention to attack the village. Hastening to the Pilgrim settlement, he acquainted the heads of the village with the news, and after helping to prepare for the defense of the stockade, he started on a hurried trip to the Mohawk village with the intention of enlisting the friendly savages in the defense of the Pilgrims against the Senecas. The Senecas stormed the stockade, shooting down the men and women with bows and arrows. They scaled the stockade, but were kept off by the sturdy Puritans who made an active and effective defense until it was discovered that their supply of powder was exhausted, owing to the spoiled condition of the gunpowder in the last keg. The Senecas shot fire-arrows into the walls of the houses and fort, setting them ablaze, and creating a scene of carnage and bloodshed. Gray-haired men and women were shot down and brutally scalped by the savage redskins. In the meantime, Jan made his way to the Mohawk village, told his story to his friend, the chief, and returned to the village at the head of a band of warriors. They arrived just in time to disperse the horde of marauders, and to save the remnant of the colony from complete destruction. Old Betsy and old Heinrich, the guilty conspirators, hid in the woods near the village while the massacre was going on and they chuckled with villainous glee at the thought of their awful revenge against the scornful townspeople. When the Senecas were finally driven from the stockade and dispersed in the woods, a party of the pursued savages discovered the two villainous old vagabonds hidden in the forest. Angry at their unsuccessful attack and embittered by the loss of many warriors, they seized the old couple and proceeded at once to slay and scalp them. Death was the reward of their treachery. Jan and Peggy, who had done heroic service in the defense of the stockade, were accepted to full friendship by the open arms of the rescued Pilgrims, who forgot the villainy of their parents in the heroism of the young couple. Then came the wedding. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Stella Razeto Peggy Spratt Peggy Spratt See fewer	Memories (1914)
Guy Oliver Jan Von Winckle Jan Von Winckle See fewer	Only the Brave (1930)
Eugenie Besserer Betsy Spratt - Peggy's Mother Betsy Spratt - Peggy's Mother See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Fred Huntley Heinrich Von Winckle - Jan's Father Heinrich Von Winckle - Jan's Father See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)