Indian scout Johnny Ware (James Craig) is determined to stop an all-out war plotted by crooked Indian Affairs agent Jim Sawyer (Dean Jagger). Facing court-martial in a devious frame, Ware escapes and heads to Washington to try to stop Sawyer. But on the way, he meets and weds Sawyer's fiancée, Christine (Ball), before all three are caught between the famous chiefs Cochise (Antonio Moreno) and Geronimo (Tom Tyler).