Tells the story of a white family adopted by the Tuscarora tribe and luckily they had befriended her family, helping the Billipses survive the merciless winter; for the first time in their lives, Sassy and her brothers have other children to play with and youngsters revel in their new found freedom and friendship; their parents are relieved not to be facing the responsibility to survival alone , but the Tuscarora offer more than sanctuary, they offer a place among them is more pleased by the prospect than "Runs with the wind," who senses that his destiny and Priscilla's have already interwined