Yorky, a young white boy who was raised by an Indian father, is shot while stealing a horse. He is taken in by a kind-hearted farmer and nursed back to health. Although Yorky has a tough time adjusting to life in Dodge, he is soon befriended by the gang. But the plot thickens when horse dealer Howard Petrie shows up in town with a herd of steeds with an uncertainty of their true owners.