If you have been following along, the Townes family and the wagons with them, are making their way to Oergon. This one starts at Fort Bridger. They need new guides and having gotten into the fort late in the season, they had to take what they could get. That turns out to be Ridder and his group. Part of the drama of this one is that we already know that Ridder's group is planning on taking over the wagons. We just don't know where or when. Ridder sees them all as a bunch of green horns and taking care of them will be know problem. There are many mishaps and tragedies along the way and not all of them accidents.