A young inexperienced eastern man, educated, betrothed and with a bright future in law gets a job with Indian Affairs in Washington D. C. His first assignment was to learn about the Cheyenne Indian tribes. He travels west with an experienced guide who turns him loose on his own. McCabe runs into an injured Cheyenne Indian who he befriends and helps him recover, then he is led into a Cheyenne village were he is invited to stay. This is were his saga begins..............