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As weary settlers begin to infiltrate the Kansas area, a young family of pilgrims settles on a lower stretch of the Cimarron River.Elizabeth O'Day and her husband, Tom, virtually alone in the wilderness, have been told that the area is safe for whites. However, they soon discover a band of Kiowa Indians, their mood uncertain, living nearly across the river from where they plan to build a home.An uneasy peace endures between the people on each side of the river, and the two groups manage a sort of wary interaction.Until the War Between the States erupts nearly simultaneously with the long-standing conflict betweenComanche and Kiowa and the winds of bloody war sweep across the Cimarron land from every direction.