Zagor und Chico machen auf dem Heimweg Halt in der Stadt Goldridge. Sie finden heraus, dass dort jemand die Bergleute auf grausame Weise tötet, als ob sie von einem wilden Tier in Stücke gerissen würden. Die Einheimischen sagen, es sei der Waldgeist Wendi
Zagor against Governor Sombra, the scientist Coronado and their mercenaries who kidnapped a Hopi shaman and his daughter to take them to the treasure hidden in the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola...
Zagor meets Henry Summers, a painter from Boston who wants to paint Indian culture, i.e. Indians "live". Zagor agrees to take him to Tonka where Zagor finds his old friends from the Chippewa tribe...
Zagor's old friend, Squint Bob, comes to ask for his help because someone in his area is killing white women and men, blaming it on the Creek Indians. Zagor agrees, and an adventure filled with gunpowder, blood, and revenge begins...