When Chance Sharpe started his journey through the lonesome Dakota wilds, taking on the sole survivors of a tribal massacre seemed like the sane and saintly thing to do. But his new trail mates turned out to be the white squaw and adopted son of Shadow Killer, the fierce Sioux war chief, and Shadow Killer wanted them back! As the manhunt closed in, the wary gambler realized that this time he just might have bitten off more than he could chew!