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Road trip! The Ingalls were heading home after a lovely visit to Mankato. It was a beautiful spring day and a peaceful ride, until three men rode up to the Ingalls' wagon in a hurry. This was gun-slingin' Marshall Anders and his deputies, out in search of an Injun. A Sioux by the name of Lame Horse. Charles inquires what he did and, according to Anders, being an Injun in these parts was agin' the law. And so they pressed on, and eventually their lovely spring day became a winter blunderland. The wind blew something fierce, snow was falling, it was a full blown blizzard. Unable to go on, Charles finds an abandoned cabin, in which the family takes shelter. The place seemed ideal, it had a fire place and everything, so Charles went out to chop some firewood, but what he didn't know was that he was being watched. So while Caroline and the girls fixed up and secured their home away from home, Charles brought back the firewood and they were warm and toasty in no time. So with cold taken care of, the next item on the agenda was hunger. They only had enough food for a couple days. Worse yet, in almost no time at all, they were snowed-in. After fashioning himself some snow shoes, Charles went out hunting the next morning. He shot himself a deer and struggled to walk back to the cabin in the blinding snow. It was a devastating, torturous trek. Charles soon found himself lost and falling down a snow bank. That's when the man who'd been watching Charles earlier caught up to him.

Meanwhile back at the cabin, Caroline and the girls get a visit from a near-frozen Marshall Anders, having wandered off the beaten path. So while he warmed his frozen feet by the fire, Charles awakened to find himself by a fire in a cave, and staring face to face with a Native American. The kindly man had found the icy Ingalls and brought him out of the cold and even helped him find his way back to the cabin, just as the Marshall regaled the children with a lovely story about how the Sioux killed a bunch of the white men, only for the white men to retaliate with extreme prejudice. Jack Lame Horse was a chief who got away, and speak of the devil, in through the door came Lame Horse, helping a staggering Charles. Marshall Dillweed grabbed his gun and arrested Lame Horse just for...just for being him. Now, why didn't the Ingalls take his gun away when they brought him in? Nevermind. Lame Horse shows great honor by grabbing his rifle and his knife and not killing the savage Marshall as he slept, but instead venturing out into the storm, seemingly to escape. The Marshall blames Charles for letting him get away, then he blames President Lincoln for pardoning the Sioux when they were set to be hung. The Ingallses chose not to listen to his B.S., because they were preoccupied with starvation. With no other alternative, Charles went out to the barn to plug the horse, when who should come wandering up but Jack Lame Horse with the deer Charles had lost. A regular frozen dinner. But then, Marshall A-hole saw him and shot him for no reason. Thankfully, he didn't die and the Marshall felt something close to remorse, and three weeks later, the storm let up so they could all go home! The Marshall finally showed honor by not taking Lame Horse with him, and they went their separate ways, and the Ingalls headed back to their little house on the prairie.

What a happy ending! Things looked pretty bleak at times and there were some tough moments, but it all worked out. Besides the terrific performances of Michael Landon, Karen Grassle and the kids, Robert Tessier was very convincing as Jack Lame Horse, a noble Native American who helped those in need, regardless of race. Jack Ging was also good as the nasty Marshall, who has a change of heart at the end of the show. He was such a ruthless person, consumed by his hate, only to realize the true gravity of the situation and start anew. So if you like the show, you like nitty-gritty survival epics, and you want to see what the Civil War did to some people, then Survival is the one to see. Watch it on a hot day, see if you don't feel cooler.

Even though it had been years since the Indian uprising, this man was still after the blood of one lone Indian who's only crime is being born.

The episode starts with the Ingalls family traveling home from Mankato. A Marshal out of Sleepy Eye was looking for the Indian. He warns Charles that a blizzard is coming, but Charles doesn't believe him. Sure enough, a blizzard strikes and they take shelter in an old shack. Times are hard. They don't have much food and Charles faces the fact that he must go out in the bad weather and hunt. He gets caught in the second wave of the blizzard and almost looses his life. Thankfully, an Indian - THE Indian in question - is there to save him.

Meanwhile, that mean Marshal finds the shack. He too is stuck out in the blizzard. When the Indian arrives with Charles, the Marshall arrests him and keeps him held up while they wait out the blizzard.

This episode is a good example of prejudice that can stay with people for many, many years. When Charles questions the Marshal, it becomes apparent that there is really no good reason why he's so against the Marshal. The episode is sweet in that it sheds a good light on the Indian people. I'm not sure how true to the time it is. I doubt people really called President Lincoln Abe Lincoln back then...Well, but we have always called President Clinton Bill Clinton...

Weird mix but it worked. This episode is a good example of prejudice,hate will bring you nowhere it will only slow you down. The ingalls are on their way back from a family trip on the way a sheriff stumbles across them and asks them if they had seen an Indian to which they reply no.He also tells them that they should find shelter bc a blizzard is coming.Charles doesn't believe this bc its almost fall to late for a blizzard.But soon enough their caufht in it and they must find shelter. Food starts to run low and the Storm is far from over so Charles sets out to hunt. he took very long to come back but Caroline was not worries that much but when the sheriff knocks on the door and Caroline sees his condition she starts to panic.so she prays. The Indian that the sheriff was looking for brung Charles safely home.The sheriff with his hard heart took the opportunity and took the Indian captive. The Indian managed to escape but only to bring them food.When he came back with the food the sheriff shot him bc he is so full of hate. In the end Charles taught him a little lesson and the sheriff's heart softens. He let the Indian go free which is the best thing he could have done. Once again hate and prejudice will bring you nowhere it will keep you locked up but love and compassion will set you free!!! Now continue to episode 23

This is overall a very good episode, showing the consequences of prejudice and hate. Besides, it is the Indians that occupied the land for many centuries before Europeans came.

I have noticed however three plot holes. 1) It is probably a bit unrealistic for the same marshal to appear both while returning from the trip and while staying in the cabin, considering they were heading in different directions. Also, it is a bit too convenient for the story. 2) The Indian probably shouldn't head towards the cabin alone, knowing the marshal was inside waiting for him to kill him. 3) In reality, it would be harder to persuade a person with the same level of prejudice and hate as the marshal.

However, these plot holes are much less important than the message this episode passes to the audience. I'm giving it a 9.