[2][3] Set in 1848, in the Montana Territory, Ben Johnson plays John Coulter who lives on the plains with his daughter Beth and his friend Standing Bear.

Coulter and Standing Bear go through various adventures to find Beth, to bring her back safely home.

A review in Variety stated that "there are enough jolts of variety, as in the fight sequences and crazed hermit subplot, to hold audience interest," but "Standing Bear, as played by Iron Eyes Cody, is one end of a simplistic and basically racist attitude Pierce holds towards Indians.

'"[4] Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Pierce's hammy performance is the nastiest thing in his film, which is flagrantly corny but good-natured, with colorful scenes of duels and tribal rituals.

It's one step better than a blood 'n' feathers epic, a movie that hoped to have some integrity while remaining marketable, and has somewhat managed both.