 The couple has lived apart for most of the previous two years, since Ellen Grange was kidnapped by Apaches.She had been rescued, but then voluntarily returned to the Apaches to live with the son of the chief.Jess learns from his friend, Lt. "Scotty" McAllister (Bill Travers), an experienced and ambitious army Lieutenant (promoted from a Sergeant) anxious for further promotion, that the town marshal at Fort Concho has information about Jess's murdered wife.