At the Cheyenne agency, Lieut. French and Chaplain Scott are rivals for Alice Thorne’s love. Alice, however, rejects the Chaplain and accepts the Lieutenant. Chaplain Scott in many ways shows his love for the Redman. Lean Wolf, prominent in his tribe, does not appreciate the horse play of the soldiers and commits an assault on one of the men. Chaplain Scott promises to help Lean Wolf if he will submit to arrest. Unrest among the Indians convinces Alice and the Chaplain that Lean Wolf must be set free or there will be an uprising. Lieutenant French demands that the unruly Indian, Lean Wolf, be hanged. The pleadings of Alice and the Chaplain are in vain. Chaplain Scott tells Lean Wolf of his doom and discovers that the Cheyennes are preparing to go on the warpath Lean Wolf is released at the Chaplain’s request, but swears, “First white man I see, I kill.”