When a hand-cast rock well is suddenly exposed in the woods near her father's home, twelve year-old Chanel Lane is drawn to its mystery. Whispers of adventure overcome her fears and she climbs down into the darkness and is transported back in time. Meeting a Kiowa girl of her own age, she is thrown into the turmoil of racial prejudices existing in 1936 Oklahoma. Somehow surviving a horrific incident, she returns to the present and plans her return trip to save her Kiowa friend. Mystical intervention guides her to an 1886 Indian encampment to fulfill resolution and to save more than just the young Kiowa girl.