The Children on the Plains
tells the story of two, young Christian teens and their mother who start out to make the perilous journey from Ohio to California. They begin the trip as part of a large wagon train, but their mother dies almost immediately into the journey and not long thereafter, all members of the expedition except the two teens decide to return home. In short order, their wagon gets bogged down crossing a river, two of their three mules are stolen, and they are kidnapped by Indians who want the young woman to cure the chief's daughter of cholera. The young woman, especially, maintains a positive attitude based soley on Faith alone, and they push on in the face of overwhelming odds.