There is something really quite apt about the title of this film, as it shows that even in the the mid 1800s attitudes to women in Oregon were more akin to those of property than they were to humanity. Local kingpin "Montgomery" (Herbert Rudley) somewhat arbitrarily declares that any unmarried women in his territory could belong to the first man who found her! Now some of the men concluded that, by extension, they could remove any unwanted husband who got in the way so they lynch "Dan" so they can make a claim on his widow "Paca" (Mara Corday). Her options are looking plenty limited when into …
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