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This picture illustrates how unfortunate a two reel subject is when its parts are released on separate days. The picture tells a story of the early West and shows the "Danites" (we don't learn who they are) as following to the death William's family (we don't know why). The picture opens too late in the story to show us these things and those who saw only the first half must he carried little away with them, except a sense of the epic grandeur of the stirring days of migration across the prairies. This part is filled with stirring scenes. The second part is more dramatic, but those who saw only it could hardly have known who Nancy was, nor why the two men (Danites) were following her. Yet this part of the story grips and makes us revolt at the horror of her persecution. Deep emotions come into play in the action at the end of the story and the acting rises into real humor and eloquence at times. Both parts are very well photographed. - The Moving Picture World, February 24, 1912