The Big Woods was getting too crowded. So Pa sold the little log house and built a covered wagon. The family was moving to Indian country! They traveled from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, and there, finally, Pa built the little house on the prairie.

All year long, Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura, and Baby Carrie put their hearts into the land and their safe little house. But the prairie belonged to the Indians, and in the end the government made them move on again.