Ella Mae Campbell traveled west with her family in a wagon train in 1860. But she never made it to Denver City with them. During a terrifying attack on the wagon train, young Ella Mae is taken captive by marauding Indians. No one thinks she will surviveor would want to after her ordeal. But survive she does, only to find that hardship would not end with her freedom. After she is rescued, she finds, like so many other captives, that she is shunned by the very settlers who organized the search party for her. Ella Mae's determination and endurance are put to the test, but she will never say die. No matter what!