After missing the west-bound wagon train by two days, the Eastman family embarked alone with their Conestoga wagon in an effort to catch up. Traveling across the prairie at night, they lost the track of the caravan and were attacked by Indians. Father, mother and brother were slain and Edwin Eastman and his wife were taken captive, to live among the Comanches and Apaches for years, learning their ways while enduring hardships and a few good times. Read the book to discover how they survived and their eventual escape.