White Dove, an Indian girl, is loved by Grey Crag, the chief's son, and also by John Walton, a white man sojourning in the wilderness. Walton and the young brave are fast friends, especially the Indian, who is bound to the white man by ties of gratitude. For, on one occasion, Walton has helped him win out in a struggle against a bunch of settlement loafers. At the same time, the Indian fears Walton's influence upon his sweetheart. Things reach a crisis and the two men meet to talk it over. They agree that each shall put his plea before White Dove and then abide by her choice. The three keep tryst before a campfire on the mountain. First Walton pictures to the girl the life in civilization which he can give her. She is fascinated and filled with a strange longing. Then Grey Crag describes the glories of her ancient race, and of how they and their children are destined to restore the honor of their nation. He tells her that, in the white man's world, she will be an alien, and an outcast from her own people, and recalls to her the beauty and grandeur of their home in the forest. The Indian's eloquence wins. Walton realizes that in the Indian girl love of race is stronger than personal affection. And it seems to him that, after all this is as it should be. So he goes away.