Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jed da sauri ya ƙaunaci Mrs. Marston, yana jin rashin amincewarta game da mijinta; lokacin da Kanar ya dawo, an bayyana shi a matsayin mai zalunci. Kanal Marston ya yi kokarin gyara kansa bayan mummunan yakin da aka yi a Shiloh
, inda aka kashe sama da mutum dubu daga cikin mutanensa ba tare da dalili ba. Marston yana so ya kai hari ga shugaban Indiyawan yankin, Red Cloud, yana gaskanta wannan zai dawo da sunansa mai kyau kuma ya dawo da shi zuwa yakin da ke gabashin. Ya yi watsi da gaskiyar cewa mafi yawan maza a sansanin soja ne raw recruits, hopelessly outnumbered kuma gaba daya unprepared ga m fada da za su fuskanci tare da Indians. Jed ya fuskanci yanke shawara na barin Marston ya ci gaba da shirinsa na hauka, ko kuma gano hanyar da za ta kawar da shi.