The Ingalls family leaves Wisconsin's forests for Kansas's open plains, discovering a new life filled with stunning beauty and real peril.

Mr. Edwards helps Charles begin building the Ingalls new home.

Nearing completion of their prairie home, the family faces an unsettling incident that causes them to question settling in Independence.

Mary & Caroline come down with the fever & Laura & Charles are doing the chores until Charles is stricken. Laura tends to the family until they get worse. The shipment of medicine does not arrive and Jemma refuses to share her supply.

Caroline and the girls find it hard to fit in at a ladies' gathering. Charles searches for the family's stolen horses and works to prove an innocent man's innocence.

Trapped by snow and away from relatives, the Ingalls seek holiday joy on a peaceful Christmas Eve. Santa, however, has unexpected gifts waiting.

The Osage convene for a crucial tribal council where the future of their land and Laura's bond with Good Eagle hang in the balance.