The Westerners

Michael Lafond, a half-breed Indian, is forced off a wagon train by scout Jim Buckley after Lafond insults a white woman. Seeking revenge, he murders Prue Welch--the wife of a New England college professor--kidnaps her baby daughter Molly and arises her as his own. Fifteen years later, with Molly now grown into a young woman, he opens a dance hall and forces Molly to work there. Jim Buckley has now become a leading citizen in the Black Hills area, but Lafond plans to ruin both his reputation and his life.