| The Pioneers | |
| Director: | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
| Cinematography: | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
| Studio: | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company |
| Distributor: | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes[1] [2] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Pioneers is an American silent film and one of the earliest Westerns,[3] having been released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in October 1903. It incorporates part of the footage from Kit Carson, another Western short also released by Biograph in October 1903.[4] [5] Both films were shot on location in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.[6]
A little girl is captured by a band of Indians and her settler parents killed. Some trappers come upon the bodies and set out in pursuit. They track down and kill all the Indians and free the girl.[4]