On their way to Kansas Tex, Kit and Carson come across a village apparently massacred by the Pawnees. In fact it is a mixed band of Indians and whites, who, together with four others, are holding the entire region of Northern Colorado under fire. The three pards immediately get to work to defeat them and, risking their lives several times, they succeed in their aim in a tense battle at Dead Man's Canyon, thanks to the help of Tiger Jack and the Navajos .
