19. yüzyıl ortalarında Amerika'nın vahşi batısında, kürk tüccarı Jourdonnais ve yanındaki gözüpek maceracılar (genç ateşli Boone ile tecrübeli Deakins), henüz keşfedilmemiş Missouri Nehri'ni aşarak Karaayak Kızılderilileri ile ticaret yapmaya çalışır. Yolculuk, hem doğanın tehlikeleri hem de düşman kabilelerle dolu topraklarda hayatta kalma mücadelesiyle doludur. Ancak güzelliğiyle dikkat çeken Kızılderili prensesi Vogelauge ortaya çıkınca, Deakins ile Boone arasında bir rekabet başlar ve grup dinamikleri sarsılır...
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
Konfederasyon Ordusundan terhis edilen iki erkek kardeş, Teksas'tan Montana'ya sığır götürmek için bir iş adamına katılırlar ve burada Jayhawkers'a baskın, kızgın Sioux, engebeli arazi ve kötü hava koşullarıyla karşılaşırlar.