Black Deer fraudulently wants to become the chief of the Salishes so that he can trade dubious goods with the whites with impunity, but the Axe Ghost manages to throw him out of the village with all his supporters...
U Svetlucavim planinama neko ubija rudare i krade im zlato. Svi tragovi upućuju na Indijance Malecite, koje predvodi Komotai, nasilni i uobraženi poglavica. Zagor odlučuje da otkrije šta je Indijance navelo na takvu pohlepu...
Tamna senka kralja orlova nadvija se nad malim plemenom Munsee Indijanaca! I dok poglavica mivoka strahuje za život otetog sina Bijelog Jelena, Zagor i Čiko kreću u akciju spasavanja...