Young Johnnie Tanner didn't know how to shoot,camp out,or even ride a crippled mule,but more than anything else he wanted to go West. Then,with Hank Raney,a grizzled,sharpshooting cowpoke,he hit the trail.But Johnnie hadn't counted on a trail filled with battling Pawnees who lusted savagely after the white man's woman--and his blood.And when a vicious thief called Pawnee Harry stole a valuable pearl from Johnnie,the young tenderfoot declared singlehanded war on the bloodthirsty Pawnee nation!