A female trapper, Molly, passes through the area. Emma tries to play matchmaker attempting to bring James and this woman of dubious legacy together, but he isn't interested. Molly's uncle is persuing her to steal a map in her possession and is willing to do anything to get it.

A boy comes to stay with the Campbells saying he's James' nephew but really he's a thief looking to mend his ways. James thinks his nephew has come to live with him and pick up a teenage boy. At home, he adapts to farm life. After he arrives, area neighbors start being robbed. Peter is being blackmailed by a Scriver, his friend in the city, into stealing but Peter wants an honorable life and he confesses all are returns the goods.

Emma helps James deliver a baby.

The Campbell pig roams until Sims claims it as his own on a legal technicality.

A poorly kept indentured servant boy finds safe haven with the Campbells.

John befriends a stray dog that local farmers think is killing livestock. John thinks the dog is innocent but no one believes him.

Sims wants to start a militia in the area. Neil feels he must to join to show he is not a coward, against James' objections.