During a drought, a friendly Sioux tribe contacts Yakari’s tribe for some emergency food supplies. Midnight-Braids offers to deliver the provisions herself, because she is originally from their tribe. The squaw sets off on the journey with her son Yakari, but it isn’t exactly a walk in the park. The chipmunk, Mic-Mac the crow, and the grizzly bear are also famished, and would very much like to eat their precious cargo. Together, Yakari and Midnight-Braids must foil their enemies’ plans if they want their perilous mission to succeed.