Alice Whitetree is the sole survivor of a tribe that was massacred ten years earlier. Coop, who rescued her, falls in love. As Coop hears varied stories from others about her background, he tries to find out if there is any truth in what he is told. 

Spoiled Nancy Styles, claiming to be the daughter of the owner of the company that owns the wagon train, is determined to get to Denver by forcing her way onto it and then Hale makes it clear he plans to bypass the city due to early snow.