Bill thinks he will have a relaxing day, but the children come in to ask for his help. Jody wants help with a friend, Buffy needs to go to a Brownie meeting, and Cissy wants him to talk to the hospital staff about her being a candy striper.
Matt tries to convince a battered wife to press charges.
A young man is found wounded along the trail, after claiming to have been attacked by Indians and left for dead, but perhaps there is more to his story.
Caroline Casteel, captured many years ago by Indians, is traded back to a man who brings her to join the wagon train.