Old Man McKean, the owner of the Agua Verde Ranch, is dieing. His kinfolk are coming so they can get a piece of the ranch. Somewhere on the trail, Murdo McKean and Troy McKean steal Dave Blassingame's horse and rifle. Later, Dave arrives at the Agua Vwedw Ranch determined to get his horse and rifle back.

Dave Blassingame and his dog Brown find a dead cowhand on the trail. Dave takes the body to a nearby cattle line camp. Dave accepts a job as a cow puncher and meets a former friend named Sham Prescott. Some days later Dave, Prescott and the other cowhands get drunk. Prescott provokes Dave into a gunfight and is killed.