According to the copyright description, "Impoverished by the
Civil War, and eager to replenish his fortune in the West, Colonel Halliday, his wife and his daughter Beth, are proceeding toward
Salina, Kansas, by wagon train. Tom Kirby, a government scout and fiance of Beth, has persuaded Colonel Halliday to make the perilous journey and Beth is resolved never to forgive him should her parents come to harm. Wild Bill Hickock, Tom's friend, and a company of U.S. Cavalry, are in charge of the wagon train.
Pawnee Killer, chief of a band of Sioux Indians, attacks the wagon train and Colonel Halliday and his wife are killed. Wild Bill rides to Salina for help and brings news of the attack on the wagon train to Buffalo Bill Cody. Beth now hostile towards Kirby, becomes a member of the household of Lige Morris, a trader, at Salina, but he fails to tell her that Kirby has turned over to him for Beth's use, a large sum of money with which he had hoped to start a home for Beth and himself. Cynthia Jaggers, Lige's housekeeper, knows of this but bides her time. At the suggestion of Wild Bill, Kirby recklessly joins
General Custer's scouting expedition. There are many meetings of the Indians, whom General Custer seeks to pacify. Lige tells Beth that Kirby is suspected of being in league with Pawnee Killer and his Indian slayers and that he was responsible for the death of her parents. Caprice Jordan, a daughter of a post adjutant who loves Wild Bill, tells Beth that Kirby is madly in love with her (Beth), but she refuses to listen. Buffalo Bill discovers signs of an impending Indian outbreak, but General Custer orders him to take no repressive steps in the matter. The Sioux massacre many persons along the railroad and Pawnee Killer plans to stampede a herd of buffalo through Salina. In a saloon, when Lige makes a slurring remark concerning Beth, he is soundly thrashed by Kirby. Cynthia Jaggers tells Beth the truth about Kirby and also of Lige's dishonesty. Beth seeks Kirby as the buffalo stampede towards the town. They meet and find refuge in a ditch. Custer gives battle to the Indians and, routed, Pawnee Killer slays Lige. The soldiers rout the Indians and Beth and Kirby come to a complete understanding, which is followed by a mutual avowal of love." ==Cast==