The story of the Blackfoot nation and the man who came to know their ways. In 1868 the Blackfoot reservation was a place seething with danger and discontent. An Indian agent named Silvers had been murdered,. His corpse was found scalped. And the Blackfoot were accused. The proud Indian chief Flying Hawk tried to maintain peace, while his hot-blooded son Many Arrows called for war. And a beautiful woman, Patricia Ashley, turned the heads of men who jealously fought for her hand. At first, Cole Sykes seemed an unlikely man to handle the job of Agent to the Blackfoot. Gunfighter, killer, one-time prisoner, he was a hot-tempered outlaw with a blazing gun. But with the help of scout Sam Ross, Sykes begins to learn the Blackfoot ways. When the theft of a herd of horses sparks a Blackfoot ambush, only his cool response and quick gun avert disaster. And his love for the beautiful Patricia Ashley promises a future for the man who once faced a life in prison.