A knock at the door interrupts Stuart Brannon's 40th birthday party. Standing on the doorstep is a 12-year-old Indian boy with a shocking announcement: Brannon is his father! The boy also brings the sad news that his mother, whom Brannon befriended at Broken Arrow Crossing, is dying. Brannon determines to bring her back to the ranch, but decides to wait and see her before telling Littlefoot the truth about his parentage...that his real father was an outlaw.