Sam Morgan and his wife Meadowlark accompany legendary mountain man Jedediah Smith on an expedition into Mexican California territory. But while filled with adventure, their trek is also marked by hardships and tragedy.
Disenchanted by his return home to Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Sam Morgan once again sets off for adventure in the American Plains of the 1820s. This time out, however, he is searching for his lost love--the Indian maiden Meadowlark.