Edward S. Curtis. Vision Smoke. 1914

From the 1914 film In the Land of the War Canoes (In the Land of the Head Hunters), directed by Edward S. Curtis. The audio track here is from the restoration of the picture in the early 1970s by Bill Holm and George Quimby. On a spirit journey, Motana sees the face of his love Naida. Coveting Naida himself, the local Sorceror sends out his daughter to seduce Motana; she fails but manages to rob Motana of his ritual regalia.