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. The film follows the struggle of a widowed, pregnant woman who is stranded at a trading post during the

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Plot summary

As war brews between the

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and the

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, Matthew and Rebecca travel to the west to start a new life in Oregon. Along the way, they stop at a remote trading post, where they meet up with some

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Indians. Though the Cheyenne are friendly toward the pioneers, Matthew does not like them and warns a group of hunters that hostile Indians are preparing for an attack. In the confrontation that results, only a pregnant Rebecca and a single wounded Cheyenne warrior named Hawk are left alive. As the winter closes in, and the two are forced to rely on each other for survival, they begin to fall in love.''Plot Summary''
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Cast

* Kelly Preston as ''Rebecca Carver'' *

as ''Hawk'' * Bo Hopkins as ''Jack Andrews'' * Dan Haggerty as ''Barkley'' * Clint Howard as ''Otto Nielsen'' * Rick Dean as ''Daniel Kearney'' *

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as ''Matthew Carver'' * Noah Colton as ''Matthew Carver, Jr.'' * Louise Baker as ''Pioneer Woman'' * Nik Winterhawk as ''Tall Elk'' * Patricia Van Ingen as ''Crow Woman'' * Frankie Avina as ''Crazy Buffalo'' * Joseph Wolves Kill as ''Running Wolf'' * Terrance Fredricks as ''Little Rabbit'' * Mark S. Brien as ''Spotted Face'' * Mark Cota as ''Yellow Moccasin'' * Jules Desjarlais as ''Warrior'' *

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as ''Red Knife'' * Jesse James Youngblood as ''Owl Eyes'' * Ezra Gabey as ''Iron Bear'' * Lewis Ninham as ''Mole on Face''

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* 1994 television films 1994 films American Civil War films 1994 Western (genre) films Films about interracial romance Films about Native Americans American Western (genre) television films Films directed by Mark Griffiths (director) 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{AmericanCivilWar-film-stub