The Battle of Elderbush Gulch plot
Orphaned Sally and her sister are sent to live with their uncle in the west. Along with their baggage, they bring their two puppies. Melissa travels in the same stagecoach with her husband and newborn baby. The uncle finds the little girls funny but tells the dogs to stay outside. Meanwhile, a nearby tribe of Indians is having a tribal dance. The puppies, left outside in a basket, run away. Sally, worried about the dogs, goes outside and discovers they are gone. She follows their trail and encounters the chief and his son who have captured them for food. A battle between two camps ensues.