A young boy’s grandmother passes away, leaving him without a guardian. The preacher arranges for the boy to go live at an Indian reservation. The boy takes the train, and upon arrival, no one is there to pick him up. The boy begins to cry and eventually, a woman arrives to retrieve him. He goes with her and a man in the car and drive to the Indian reservation. The boy is upset, but the man and woman tell him to be grateful he can go and that Uncle Sam was looking out for him. The boy is more interested at the prospect of running away. He decides against it, and meets two women who check him into the reservation. They both seem overworked, and they mention there is an outbreak of some illness at the reservation. This is the first time we hear reference to Uncle Sam in a more joking/derogatory way. The women tell him to go outside to play, and he meets another young boy outside who is in a time-out. The young orphan boy stops talking with the boy who got in trouble and imagines running away. He decides he is too tired and falls asleep in the grass.