Dewey Martin
Henry Sager
Aldo Ray
Dr. Dutch
Anne Collings
Naome Sager
Dean Smith
Kit Carson
James Griffith
Billy Shaw
Stewart Petersen
John Sager
Dehl Berti
White Elk
Bea Morris
Sally Shaw
Scott Petersen
Francis Sager
Debbie van Orden
Catherine Sager
Diane Petersen
Matilda Sager
Suzanne Petersen
Lousia Sager
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
