The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (also known as The Battle of Elderbush Gulch) is a 1913 American silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith[1] and featuring Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, and Alfred Paget.

Meanwhile, a tearful Sally has persuaded a friendly hand to build a secret door in the cabin so she can bring the puppies inside at night.

The Native Americans attack the village and the frightened settlers run off toward the lonely cabin.

The Native Americans, crawling on their stomachs, almost reach the cabin, but then the cavalry arrives.

Far from a nuanced presentation, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch dramatizes the settlers and the indigenous in many stereotypical ways—simple, misunderstood, untrusting, quick-tempered, violent, vengeful—that fit the fanciful perceptions of the American West at the time the film was made.