Jay Cavendish, a young Scotsman, travels to the
American West to search for his love, Rose Ross. He encounters a group of men chasing a
Native American. An Irish
bounty hunter, Silas Selleck, arrives and shoots the leader dead. Jay employs the bounty hunter for protection. At a trading post, unbeknownst to Jay, Silas sees a wanted poster offering a $2,000 bounty for Rose and her father. He plans to use Jay to get to the bounty. Another bounty hunter, Victor the Hawk, also takes notice of the poster. Inside, a Swedish couple attempts a robbery which results in the deaths of the owner and the husband. Jay intervenes and shoots the wife. Silas and Jay gather provisions and leave, abandoning the couple's children outside. In the past, Rose is aware of Jay's affection in Scotland, but only cares for him as a "little brother". Jay's uncle, Lord Cavendish, accidentally dies in an argument with John Ross, Rose's father. Rose and her father leave for America with a bounty on their heads. In the present, Jay abandons Silas and proceeds alone, thinking him a "brute". He meets a travelling writer, Werner, who offers to accompany Jay. When Jay wakes the next morning, Werner has left, stealing Jay's horse and equipment. Silas finds Jay and returns Jay's horse and belongings, saying he ran into Werner while looking for Jay. The pair meets Payne, the leader of Silas's old gang, which has taken in the Swedish children. Payne gives Silas and Jay an
absinthe in a failed attempt to gather information about Rose and her father's whereabouts. While they are asleep, Silas and Jay share a dream of Silas and Rose living together with a child. They awaken to find that Payne has stolen their weapons. Silas reveals the bounty to Jay. They evade Payne's gang in a forest, where Jay is injured by Native Americans. Rose and her father live in a nearby prairie, protected by a Native American called Kotori. Victor, disguised as a priest, tracks them down and kills Rose's father. After reaching the prairie, Silas ties Jay to a tree to keep him from harm. Silas rushes to the house to warn Rose of Payne's gang but is wounded by Victor. Payne and his men murder Victor and assault the house. Jay frees himself and runs to the house. After Kotori and most of Payne's gang are killed in the fire fight, Rose realizes she has shot Jay in the confusion. While she comforts him, Payne enters the house. Rose, facing Jay (and with Payne behind her), is able, unbeknownst to Payne, to turn the pistol around so Jay can shoot at Payne, which Jay does, killing Payne. As Jay dies, Silas tells Rose that Jay loved her "with all his heart." Silas stays with Rose and the Swedish children. ==Cast==