Blazing the Trail

About Blazing the Trail

Showing the trail of civilization across the western country, the emigrant train, the Cooper family, the treachery of the Indians, the capture of Helen Cooper and the daring attempt to rescue her, resulting in his capture and being made to run the gauntlet and forced to undergo torture by the squaws. Thrilling rescue of the prisoners from the Indian camp, sensational battle, as the emigrants swoop…

Thomas H. Ince's Blazing the Trail is a 1912 film. Released in April 1912, it runs 20 minutes.

Francis Ford plays Blake. In the United States it streams on History Vault.