Two frontiersmen guide a party of fur traders through territory occupied by a hostile Blackfoot tribe. The leader of the party intends to win the trust of the tribe by returning a missing princess to her people, but rival traders and conflict within the group threaten the expedition. Western, starring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin and Elizabeth Threatt.

Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.