Eli Whipp, a retired Pawnee scout out to claim his birthright, meets Cornelia Locke, an Englishwoman hell-bent on revenge. With their paths fated to cross, they decide to travel north together.

In Powder River, Wyoming, Sheriff Marshall is investigating the mysterious murder/suicide an ex-cavalry soldier and his homesteader wife. Meanwhile, Eli waits for Cornelia's return on the Clarkes' farm, but discovers a more sinister side to their business.