The film is set in the early 19th century. Winterhawk, a
Blackfoot chief, seeks help for his smallpox infected tribe by attempting to trade furs. In a double cross by two outlaws named Gates and Scoby, the furs are stolen and Winterhawk's companions are killed. Following the double cross, Winterhawk and his braves come back to the town. He takes his revenge by kidnapping a white woman named Clayanna, and her young brother Cotton, intending to trade them for medicine for his tribe. He is then pursued by a posse led by his friend Guthrie, a mountain man. Clayanna and Winterhawk grow close, especially after she finds out he is a widower. Guthrie catches up with Gates and Scoby, killing Gates and taking Scoby captive. The posse tracks Winterhawk to his tribes winter lodgings, where Guthrie and Winterhawk engage in a horse mounted battle with spears. Guthrie's spear glances off of Winterhawk and pierces Cotton, ending the fight. Cotton survives, and he leaves with Guthrie and the posse after he offers Scoby to Winterhawk so that he might get revenge on him for the double cross. Winterhawk declines, so Guthrie takes Scoby's horse and coat and leaves him to die in the cold. Clayanna decides to stay with Winterhawk and pursue a relationship with him. ==Cast==