Into the West

Released: 2005-06-10

Runtime: 91 minutes

Episode Overview

The year is 1827. In Virginia, young Jacob Wheeler dreams of adventure. Leaving his family behind, he joins renowned mountain man Jedediah Smith on an expedition to California. Meanwhile, a young Lakota holy man, Loved by the Buffalo, receives disturbing visions about the coming of the white man and the demise of the buffalo. When his sister, Thunder Heart Woman, is saved by Jacob, the lives of the two families become forever intertwined.

Series Overview

The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.