It debuted on October 23, 1905, at the Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, starring William Faversham in the title role, as Captain James Wynnegate also known as Jim Carson.

Directed by Edwin Milton Royle and William Faversham, The Squaw Man was produced by Liebler & Company.

His older cousin, heir Henry Wynnegate, Earl of Kerhill, steals from the family trust fund and speculates heavily.

He goes to the American "Wild West" of Montana, where he buys the Red Butte Ranch and makes a name for himself under the alias Jim Carson.

An English solicitor shows up and persuades Jim that Hal should be taken to England and raised as the heir to the large Wynnegate estate.

Nat-u-ritch discusses the issue with Jim, believing that their child should be raised with their parents and insisting that the boy should remain in Montana.

Knowing that Jim has made up his mind to send the boy to be raised on the Wynnegate estate, and hearing that she will be arrested by the Marshals for killing Hawkins, Nat-u-ritch commits suicide.

The play concludes with the Indian chief Tab-y-wana standing stoically erect with the corpse of Nat-u-ritch in his arms, a reversal of the usual Pieta.