十六世纪，卡克斯砍领袖坦那马左为捍卫地区自由领导了当地的人民起义，被诬陷杀人遭捕，方济教会的牧师为营救他四处奔走，想把他引渡到西班牙接受公正的审判。唐迈格尔的女儿艾丽莎决定帮助他们，为其证明父亲才是杀害了自己丈夫的凶手。唐迈格尔得知坦那马左将被引渡到西班牙接受审判，决定去城里。在途中遭遇了种种危险事件，最终艾丽莎在西班牙国王面前说出实情，奴隶制度也在不久后在此区域废除。

　　Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.