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The story revolves around the building of a great aqueduct for irrigation purposes in the west. This aqueduct must be completed by a given time. The president of the company, alarmed at the slow progress of construction work, discharges ...See moreThe story revolves around the building of a great aqueduct for irrigation purposes in the west. This aqueduct must be completed by a given time. The president of the company, alarmed at the slow progress of construction work, discharges Woodward, the foreman, who is unable to get the best work out of his laborers. Woodward remains as a gang boss, and Steelman is put in his place. The first act of Steelman's is to discharge Canimbo, an Indian chief, and his gang of Indian laborers, because they defy him when he urges them to greater speed. Canimbo and Woodward plot together to avenge their supposed wrongs against the new foreman. This plot to put Steelman in bad is overheard by Canimbo's sister, Nereeda. The powder house is first blown up by the schemers. Steelman is injured. Nereeda rescues him and takes him to the doctor. A train of cars, which contain a new supply of powder, is blown up, following a terrible struggle between Nereeda and Canimbo, in which Canimbo throws his sister off the train. When the work is completed on scheduled time, in spite of the obstacles, Nereeda again learns of a plot to destroy the work at the grand opening. A great assembly of people gather to witness the first flow of water. The Indian girl steals up to the sleeping Indian who holds the fuse which is to blow up the gates, throws her blanket over his head, extinguishes the burning fuse and ties him with it. Finally, when Steelman is showing the president's daughter over the aqueduct, the two desperate men make a last attempt to kill him. Nereeda is again the savior. She shoots and kills her own brother, while Steelman grapples with the deposed foreman, and throws him over a cliff. We leave Nereeda as the twilight closes around her at a distance, while Steelman and the white girl plan for the great tomorrow, unconscious of an aching heart, who has sacrificed all for them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less