Dr. Mike (Jane Seymour) struggles with the burden of telling Grace (Jonelle Allen) and Robert E. (Henry G. Sanders) that their adopted son, Anthony (Brandon Hammond), might not survive his mysterious illness.
Sully (Joe Lando), still in hiding from the Army, tells Mike he is determined to convince the renegade braves to return to the reservation before more violence breaks out between them and the settlers.
Mike is finally able to tell Sully of her miscarriage during his absence and Sully has to face his feelings about not being there for his family.