While they are guests of the Cayuga, a peaceful Native tribe, Zagor & Cico find themselves in trouble: the paunchy Mexican is mistakenly considered an Indian, and a gang of human traffickers kidnap him. Sold as a slave, Cico is forced to work in very harsh conditions in a mine with other Natives, to avoid torture and death. Zagor goes to their rescue. But to prevail over just as numerous as ruthless enemies, he will have to spark a riot…
Convinced that the Spirit-with-the-Hatchet has killed his father, a Huron warrior called Nakawa is looking for revenge. After he persuades the chiefs of a few Native tribes to move war against what he calls “the yoke of White people”, they start a series of raids against the farms of peaceful settlers, leaving death and destruction on the ground. To prevent the conflict from escalating like a wildfire, Zagor & Cico organize a last, desperate resistance inside a trappers’ fort…