A frontier adventure centers on Buffalo Bill and a daring young woman who becomes embroiled in a mining conspiracy and the fallout of betrayal. The narrative moves through ambushes, rescues, and skirmishes with hostile bands, and includes clandestine plans, a captured youth named Cayuse and his rescue, treachery exposed among allies, a perilous journey through passes and caves, episodes of apparent witchcraft, and a final parting that follows hard-won resolutions and vows made in the face of continued danger.