Rowdy is caught in a web of intrigue when Sam Jefferson asks him to take him in to collect a $5,000 reward and send it to his wife. However, someone shoots Sam in the back, and Rowdy discovers that Sam's friends are coming after him with revenge in mind.

Photographer Taylor Dickson joins the drive and Gil sends him off with Rowdy to photograph some Shoshone. The Shoshone have moved on, as Gil well knows... but the Bad Skin Gang has moved in and need a photographer to give them a reputation.