Petey's in the whorehouse again, and his sister, Josie Hardwick, is mad as hell. She told her addled brother not to budge off the wagon seat. But budge he did and wandered off in search of carnal experience in 1866 Independence, Missouri. Fearing for his safety as much as her own hide if her Pa ever finds out, Josie dashes into the saloon and hauls him out by one ear, barreling straight into wagonmaster Caleb McCall's arms. Little does Caleb know that the pint-sized spitfire from Tennessee, sprawled intimately across his body on the saloon floor, will forever change his image of himself and life in general, while accompanying him on an adventure into the tumultuous last days of the mighty Sioux Nation.