Chapter 10

Custer rides out toward the Platte River to rescue the Union Pacific's workers. Meanwhile, huge rains flood the country around Fort Hays, and to escape the floods Libbie and Anna flee east to Fort Riley. Out on the Platte, Custer meets Pawnee Killer and orders him to turn in to Fort McPherson. When General Sherman comes out to Custer's camp on the Platte, he berates Custer for letting Pawnee Killer go and orders him on forced march to find the indian and bring him in. But, consumed with desire to see Libbie, Custer disobeys Sherman's order and heads south toward Fort Hays, thinking Libbie is still there.