Where Linus Quincannon was, no white man had ever been. And to be caught where he was meant being hung head down over a slow fire. For Linus, in his attempt to track down the whereabouts of 300 of the army's new repeating rifles, was a hidden witness to a secret Sioux-Cheyenne-Arapahoe council of war. Now he learned what he needed, and decided to work his way back through the picket line of Cheyenne sentries. Then, 10 ft. from safety, he was spotted by an Indian brave.