Sarah's dream is to live in a valley with a slow moving river flowing through. Is this an elusive dream for a young woman who, along with her brother, are orphaned at a very young age? Both parents die with the wagon train on the way to California. Sarah and Frank are the sole survivors. How could two children survive the highwaymen, the cold winters, the raging grass fires and the heartache? This is their story as told through the eyes of an old Indian man named Winnipesauke.