I te tau 1818, ko Abraham Lincoln (Lux Haney-Jardine) e noho ana ki Indiana me ona matua, ko Nancy (Robin McLeavy) me Thomas (Joseph Mawle), e mahi ana i tetahi tipu na Jack Barts (Marton Csokas). I reira, ka rere a Lincoln ki te awhina i tana hoa, he tamaiti pango taiohi, a William Johnson (Curtis Harris), i whiua e te kaihoko pononga. Na nga mahi a tana tama, ka peia a Thomas. I taua po, ka kite a Lincoln i a Barts e pakaru ana ki tona whare ka whakaeke a Nancy. Ka mate ia i te ra i muri mai, ka mate i muri tata mai. Ka kii a Thomas Lincoln kua werohia a Barts. Nancy Pātai: Ko wai te rangatira o te tipu?
Ko Jack Barts