After a long service, it's time for Major Wingate to retire. But the major is soon forced to send a telegram to Tex: the Indian Nantay has been murdered, and the crime is being covered up by a local powerful man and a drunken sheriff. Tex and Carson come
On the way to the Darkwood, Zagor and Chiko pass through Texas. In a village in the middle of the desert, they meet Digging Bill, who is preparing to search for the gold bars of the Alvarez mine, which is located in the Wichita hills, in Comanche territor
Zagor upoznaje Henrija Samersa, slikara iz Bostona koji želi da slika indijsku kulturu, odnosno Indijance "uživo". Zagor pristaje da ga odvede do Tonke gde Zagor pronalazi svoje stare prijatelje iz plemena Čipeva...
Brzi medved, inspirisan lažnim vizijama starog vrača Janada, ustaje protiv belog poglavice Navaha. Teksov položaj postaje još teži kada naiđe na korumpiranog vojnog oficira čiji nije interes da problem reši mirnim putem...