Cheyenne and his co-worker Smitty worried about smoke signals decide to hide on a high area but find an outlaw gang already there. When the Shoshone attack a stage, the group rescues the driver and woman passenger but are now trapped.
Cheyenne and Smitty encounter settlers headed to Wyoming who lost their guide. On the way to Fort Laramie, a group of rustlers steal their cattle and a boy's brother is killed. The two head to a nearby to try to recover the stolen cattle.
Cheyenne meets two prospectors whose partner was killed by Indians. The partner is the only one who knows where they found gold. Given a description, Cheyenne is able to lead them to the gold but one of the men's greed overtakes him.
After a close friend of Cheyenne is killed during the escape of bank robbers, Cheyenne and Smitty track the band of outlaws across the border to a small Mexican village. The band has taken over the town after killing 14 young men there.
Cheyenne rides into Paradise Springs the town of friendly people. When he's greeted with fists instead and has to stand trial, he finds the judge's wife knows more than she's telling but he remembers her too but doesn't know why.