Looking forward to some time off, Flint heads towards the town of Monument but runs into an old man and some kids whose parents were just massacred by Mescalero Apaches. The children are running low on supplies especially milk for the baby.

Flint brings stranded woman Rheba Polke and her son to the train. When her husband Jed Polke returns with help, many recognize him from the Macon, Georgia Andersonville Prison (Confederate prisoner-of-war camp) where prisoners were planning an escape. Polke had turned their escape attempt in to the authorities. They have sworn to kill Polke.