⁣The Newtons babysit Betsy, a spoiled young girl whose mother is marrying Jim's friend Bill. Betsy misses her dad, who was killed in the Korean War. Betsy's grief, anger, and hatred of Bill make her stay with the Newtons a trying time.

⁣Hawkeye has tracked outlaw Simon Girty to Morristown but he and Chingachgook are turned away and told that the town is closed due to an outbreak of the black plague. Hawkeye decides to sneak in and see for himself.