
Thefilmisbasedonrealevents.AttheendoftheseventiesofthepreviouscenturythefightsagainsttheSiouxwereover,andtheUS-ArmystartedputtingtheIndiantribeslivingtotheWestoftheRockyMountainsintoreservations.AmongthosetribeswasthepeacefulhunterandfishertribeoftheNezPerces.ThecavalryunderColonelHowardtakesthehorsesoftheNezPercesinordertopreventthemfromfleeingtoCanada,whichwouldbethetribe'sonlyoptiontoavoidtheirowndecayonthereservation.ThedeputychiefWhiteFeathertakesovertheseeminglyimpossibletaskofbringingbacktheherdofhorses.HischancesofsucceedingimprovewhenhefindsoutfromscoutsoftheCayusethatFortLapwai,thedestinationoftheAmericans,hasbeendestroyedandthatHoward'sgroupisintrouble.TheCayusepursuethecavalryandthedissolvinggroupsarrivesimultaneouslyatthedebrisofthefort.WhentheCayuseattackagainWhiteFeathermanagestothegetcontroloverthe...



