On his way to his next assignment in Fort Wingate, New Mexico Territory, contract cavalry scout Steve Bard is surrounded by a group of Indians. With his horse already exhausted and nowhere to go, he sets the prairie on fire in order to get away before his enemies can reach him. Successful, he is troubled by the fact that he could not detect the tribe--they wore no feathers. Farther along in his travels he comes across a house and mineshaft that have...