Miracle at Sage Creek

It is Christmas on the western frontier in the year 1888. Seth and Mary Kellar own and operate the Sage Creek stagecoach station, a small relay stop outside of Lusk, Wyoming Territory. Seth, a former trail guide and scout for the US Cavalry during the Indian Wars, eventually made peace with the Sioux. Mary's father, Ike Franklin is a stubborn and angry man. The years on the rough open frontier have hardened him. The death of his beloved wife by a Sioux war party raid a decade earlier has made Ike bitter and prejudiced. Ike and Seth do not always see eye to eye. There is a steady conflict between the two men. Ike does not respect his son-in-law. Ike filed the first homestead on Sage Creek nearly twenty years ago. He is the largest cattle rancher in the region and controls almost all of the rangeland around Sage Creek. All, except one small homestead- John Red Eagle's. The Red Eagle family are the Kellar's friends and neighbors. John Stockton adopted the Sioux customs and ways, before marrying a prominent Oglala chief's daughter. John has taken the Indian name of his family as his own. His wife, Sunny, a woman caught between two worlds- that of her traditional past and the new changing modern West- must constantly strive to hold her family values in check. Her father, Chief Joseph Red Eagle, has spent over 60 winters and summers on the open plains. The respected elder's wisdom and knowledge of the Oglala culture is irreplaceable. He embellishes the Indian tradition and shares his life long experiences with Sunny's son, Samuel, at all times. Samuel's best friend Zachary, is the Kellar's eldest son. The ten-year-old pioneer boys share a common bond that will be greatly tested by unfortunate events that will occur during the Christmas season.