When Indians attacked their frontier Cabin, Rachel and Ralph were separated. They each had to endure the hardships of a 25-mile journey through the wilderness to the nearest settlement, Fort Osage, which is now Sibley, Missouri. Rachel, who has a phobia about the wilderness, begins the journey by being her own midwife while Ralph fends off the Indians. Believing Ralph was killed in the battle, she starts the journey alone. Ralph, injured in the battle, struggles to catch up with his wife, not knowing she has given birth. He has far more important worries on his mind, though when he discovers that Rachel is being stalked by an Indian.