This is the story of Cheyenne Chief, Black Kettle, as told through the eyes of Standing Bear. Standing Bear is fourteen summers old when Colonel Chivington massacred Black Kettle"s people at Sand Creek, Colorado. He is eighteen summers old when Colonel Custer annihilates Black Kettle"s people on the banks of the Washita River in Oklahoma. Even though a majority of the chiefs voted for war against the white man after the attack on Black Kettle at Sand Creek, Black Kettle sought peace with the white man. This is a saga of Black Kettle"s search for peace as he wandered the plains.