During the last half of the eighteenth century, in what was then New France (now part of Canada), Daniel "James" Bulain, son of a French habitant and of an English schoolmaster's daughter sees his world turned upside-down as his family and the people of the neighbouring seigneurie are massacred by a war party of Mohawks. In his escape into the wilderness he is united with the unrequited love of his childhood, Toinette Tonteur, daughter of the local seigneur, when they are captured by a war party of Senecas, brought to their hidden village far to the west in the wilderness and eventually adopted into their tribe.
In the latter half of the 18th century, Daniel "James" Bulain, son of a French settler and an English teacher's daughter, witnessed his family and the people of the neighboring seigneurie being massacred by Mohawks. During his escape into the wilderness, he encounters Toinette Tonteur, his childhood sweetheart, who is the daughter of the local seigneur. They are captured by Senecas and taken to their hidden village in the west, where they are adopted into the tribe.