The Osage Indian tribes lived in a small area in the state of Oklahoma, previously considered unexplored. Yet, the Indians who settled there managed to find oil and make money from it. It caused great envy and a sense of injustice on the part of the white settlements around the Osage. Racism continued to flourish in the area, as whites still referred to these tribes as "savages."

The author compares these white neighbors to tall flowers and the Osage settlement to tiny ones. At first, the flowers grow side by side, and the small flowers bloom, as do the tall ones. But when May comes, which the Osage people symbolically call "the time of the moon that kills flowers," the tall plants grow even taller and prevent the smaller plants from growing. Similarly, white neighbors used various methods to prevent the development and prosperity of the Osage tribe.

Molly Burkhart, who came from a rather wealthy family, lived in the same settlement in the 1920s. Her parents were engaged in oil production. So, she owned her estate and several cars and had the opportunity to keep servants at home. What was most unusual for that time was that she kept a white servant. After all, Molly married Ernest Burkhart, a young man from Texas who used to work as her driver.

Molly tried to integrate into white society. She adopted their habits and way of life, as indicated by her marriage to a white man. However, at the same time, she valued the centuries-old traditions of her tribe. For example, Molly always wore traditional Indian clothes and remembered family customs.

Nevertheless, the white neighbors around were not only jealous of the prosperity of the Osage tribe. They were also angry because they wanted to be like them. The Indians repeatedly heard words of hatred and threats directed at them. And no one knew that these threats would come true. But one day, everything changed: people began disappearing in the settlement.