During the 1880's a fifteen-year-old outcast encounters a motley assortment of characters as he crosses the American wilderness in his traveling photography studio.
When an association of wealthy cattlemen in northern Wyoming tries to drive the small ranchers out of their territory, Slater, leader of the small ranchers, holds off the Association's army of gunmen in order to keep them from taking over the town.
The story of a young Cheyenne Indian selected by his tribe to avenge the Washita massacre of his people. It is his destiny to seek the death of Colonel Hazlitt, the infantry leader responsible for the massacre.
Five people are trapped in an isolated cabin by a blizzard. Two of the group, a pair of small-time outlaws, are immediately intrigued by the owner's toothsome wife and even more intrigued when they learn that he has a cache of gold on the premises.
Fifteen-year-old Frank Halliday's life is placed in jeopardy by a well-meant provision in his father's will which states that his long-time foreman, who has helped raise Frank, will inherit the ranch if Frank should die before he reaches the age of 21.
When the wife of Colonel Detrick, the commanding officer of a fort on the Arizona frontier, is kidnapped by a band of Apaches, three troops of calvary set out in pursuit, only to realize that they are being helplessly led into an ambush.
