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.

Gil and a fellow trail boss, Hugh Brewster, get abducted by outlaws working for Rian Powers, who plans to use trail bosses to manipulate the beef industry.