A young girl growing up in Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma, circa 1892) yearns to explore the world. When a botanist comes to town to enlist the aid of her brother to go to Nigeria to search for a cure for cancer, Cate determines to persuade him, she is the better candidate. When her boastful ways fail to impress him, she switches tactics: she'll marry her brother off to a bride who will refuse to leave quaint Henryetta. With James safely out...