Plot summary
At the town of Hoxem in Caine County, English rancher Thomas Trafford discovers that his pregnant cattle have been slaughtered. Sheriff Robert Marshall dismisses Trafford's aristocratic background and his suspicions that rival farmers or influential general store owner David Melmont may be responsible. Elsewhere, a trio of outlaws massacre a family of Mennonite settlers before encountering Whipp and Locke. Whipp and one of the outlaws recognise each other as fellow Pawnee soldiers, but the situation escalates when the bandits demand Locke's money; a shootout leaves the outlaws dead, with Locke killing the Pawnee and Whipp the other two.
In the Mennonites' wagon, Locke finds a surviving child while Whipp cuts a newborn infant out of the dead mother. They meet a kindly Native couple, John and Katie Clarke, who suggest that the family was part of a caravan of " boomers " headed south. Locke insists on taking the children to the caravan, while Whipp is reluctant and would prefer to keep moving. Whipp waits at the Clarke farm for her return.
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