The dark shadow of the Eagle King looms over the little tribe of Munsee Indians! And while the Miwok chief fears for the life of his abducted son Bijeli Jelen, Zagor and Chico embark on a rescue operation...
Together with Chico and Trampi, Zagor helps Pickens free his wife, and eventually clashes with the kidnappers, where he meets the titular Mr. Smith, a strange man who is in fact the real reason for all this complication.
Zagor and Chico stop in the town of Goldridge on their way home. They find out that there someone is killing the miners in a cruel way, as if they were torn to pieces by some wild beast. The locals say it's the forest spirit Wendigo and Zagor decides to i