A river of white Americans brave hardship and violence to try their fortunes in the 1860s West. One is Jane Woodard. When her family is slaughtered by renegade Indians, she is rescued by a group of young Navajos searching for their fathers on the war trail. The leader Kaab't is taken with her yellow hair and blue eyes. Jane is mesmerized by this exotic Navajo who has saved her. As they traverse the wide plains, mountains and valleys, their differences fade. Lovers under skies filled with clouds or stars, the realization fills their hearts that Jane must leave. She slips away one night to Fort Defiance. The soldiers are amazed to see a yellow-haired woman emerge from the dawn mist wrapped in a Navajo blanket, riding an Indian pony. Jane's life will settle, but she will have Kaab't's child. Will he ever know?