Anson Hawkstone is on the trail of an errant husband who deserted his wife and infant child to become a cowboy in Wyoming Territory. His quest becomes complicated when he encounters three people - a deserted Mormon wife, a white Kiowa captive, and a Chinese girl abandoned by her parents - and ends up escorting them on their wagon journey to Cheyenne. But when a range war explodes, Hawkstone and his companions will be caught up in it...