A Mohawk's Way

{{Short description|1910 short film by D. W. Griffith}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = A Mohawk's Way

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| director = D. W. Griffith

| based_on = {{based on|novel|James Fenimore Cooper}}

| writer = Stanner E.V. Taylor

| cinematography = G. W. Bitzer

| runtime = 17 minutes

| released = {{Film date|1910|09|12|U.S.}}

| country = United States

| studio = Biograph Company

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

• Biograph Company
• Unicorn Film Service Corporation (1916 reissue)

}}

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

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A Mohawk's Way, also known as The Mohawk's Treasure, is a 1910 short silent black-and-white drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Stanner E.V. Taylor, and based on a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, with cinematography by G. W. Bitzer.{{cite book |last=Österberg |first=Bertil O. |title=Colonial America on Film and Television: A Filmography |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=April 15, 2009 |page=193 |isbn=978-0-7864-4242-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKAfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA193}} It stars Dorothy Davenport and Jeanie MacPherson.{{cite book |last=Lowe |first=Denise |title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895–1930 |publisher=Routledge |date=January 27, 2014 |page=1939 |isbn=978-1-317-71897-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGS2AgAAQBAJ&pg=RA7-PA1939}}

The film portrays American cultural precepts about bloodthirsty savage American Indians,{{cite book |last=Stokes |first=Melvyn |title=D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=January 15, 2008 |page=351 |isbn=978-0-19-988751-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SF7WeWc7RJEC&pg=PT351}}{{cite book |last1=Usai |first1=Paolo Cherchi |last2=Bowser |first2=Eileen |title=The Griffith Project: Films Produced in 1910 |publisher=British Film Institute |date=November 26, 2000 |page=170 |isbn=978-0-85170-805-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y6cqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22A+Mohawk%27s+Way%22}}{{cite book |last1=Bernardi |first1=Daniel |last2=Green |first2=Michael |title=Race in American Film: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=July 7, 2017 |page=384 |isbn=978-0-313-39840-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NgoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA384}} and assails the cruelty of the white man.{{cite book |last=Drew |first=William M. |title=D.W. Griffith's Intolerance: Its Genesis and Its Vision |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=1986 |page=7 |isbn=978-0-89950-171-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOtkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22A+Mohawk%27s+Way%22}}