The Quakeress (1913)

The setting is an early American village where a young Quaker woman Priscilla is in love with the schoolmaster John Hart The local minister Rev Cole who calls on her at her cabin with flowers is an unwelcome suitor In revenge he has blue laws passed among them is one requiring attendance at church on Sunday Priscilla refuses to comply with the law and is arrested After being plunged in and out of water and pilloried she is banished from the colony John goes with her They are attacked by Indians and John is badly wounded Priscilla manages to get back to the village in time to warn the Puritans of an impending attack They defeat the Indians after a desperate battle The Rev Cole who has been mortally wounded begs Priscillas forgiveness and the Puritans make amends for their harsh treatment of her