''Mohawk'' is a 1956 American adventure western romance film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Scott Brady, Rita Gam and Neville Brand. The picture is about an 18th century Boston artist sent to the

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to paint landscapes and portraits of Native Americans. Several sections of the plot are taken from the 1939 film '' Drums Along the Mohawk'' and loosely refers to the 1778 Cherry Valley massacre (as does the main antagonist Butler to the historic figure of

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officer Walter Butler).

Plot

In late 18th century upstate New York, a quarrelsome white man named Butler seeks to foment war between the

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garrison of Fort Alden and the Indians, to rid the

of the natives and white settlers he despises. He goes to the Iroquois chef Kowanen to warn him about a party of armed white settlers. Kowanen shows no concern, but his son Keoga and brave Rokhawah feel otherwise and plot a raid to steal the settlers' muskets. They are assisted by Keoga's sister Onida, but many Indians end up killed and Onida captured. An artist, Jonathan Adams, has arrived in Fort Alden from Boston, commissioned to do paintings and portraits. He is joined by sweetheart Cynthia Stanhope, a society lady from Boston, and attracted to Greta Jones, a local barmaid. But when he escorts Onida from the fort back to her people, he develops a romantic interest in her instead. Adams also earns the respect and trust of Kowanen as he paints the chief's portrait and Keoga comes to admire Adams' fighting prowess. Kowanen, seeking peace with the white settlers, offers to have his son Keoga accompany Adams back to the fort, as a sign of good faith. As the two peace emissaries are en route to the fort, Butler stages an ambush, shooting and murdering Keoga in Adams' company. Adams does not see who fired the shot. He takes Keoga's body back to his tribe who plan a war. Chief Kowanen's men hold the whites responsible and take Adams captive, and are going to burn him at the stake. Onida kills one of her own tribe and helps him escape. When Adams finally reaches the fort, he confronts Butler and Butler's knowledge of the murder reveals his guilt. As the enraged Indians attack, Butler is cast out of the besieged fort and meets his end in a hail of Indian arrows. A truce is declared, and while Cynthia goes back to Boston with his works of art, Adams remains behind to be with Onida.

Cast

* Scott Brady as Jonathan Adams * Rita Gam as Onida * Neville Brand as Rokhawah * Lori Nelson as Cynthia Stanhope *

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as Greta Jones * John Hoyt as Butler * Rhys Williams as Clem Jones * Barbara Jo Allen as Aunt Agatha (as Vera Vague) * Mae Clarke as Minikah * Tommy Cook as Keoga * Ted de Corsia as Indian Chief Kowanen * Michael Granger as Priest * John Hudson as Captain Langley

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