A branch of the Shoshine in the 1860's during the Civil War. For thousands of years they inhabited a peaceful and beautiful valley with trees and giant waterfalls. The tribe consists of a very old Chief, the leader of the tribe, his son Silver Eagle, and his son's betrothed Minewanna, along with a hundred or so others. Now during this (Native American) "Indian" relocation period, the Union government are taking away all of the tribal lands. The tribe is eventually displaced from their peaceful valley by US Union soldiers, and their native land taken from them. They move on to another area, but again are displaced and forced to move again, this time by Union squatters. But there is a stranger who is not part of the squatters, and this is when the day of reckoning comes.