When Panther first sees the Indian maiden, Shanndel, he thinks she is a vision of his wife who had been slain by the Iroquois chief Iron Nose. Once he realizes that she`s real, he longs to take has as his own. But they are from different tribes--enemy tribes--but as both Iron Nose and Shanndel`s white father threaten to tear them apart, Panther knows that she is the only one who can save his sorrow-laden heart.