Clay Selby works as missionary to the Indians of Alaska in 1898, but after meeting Lizzie Dawson, a beautiful girl who has been ostacized from her tribe because of her white father, Clay worries that befriending her will ruin his mission.
Christina Willems is determined to reopen the poor farm she manages after a fire devastates the property, and although she faces opposition from many corners, she finds an unlikely ally in lumber mill owner Levi Jonnson.