Young Tenatse Chisholm, half-breed son of Indian scout Jesse Chisholm, is a hell-raiser with a Colt, a Henry rifle, a Bowie knife, and his fists. In New Orleans, Ten fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful Priscilla LeBeau. Her father hates him, manages to drive him from New Orleans with a price on his head. But Ten Chisholm vows to clear his name and win Priscilla from a father who has promised her in payment of his gambling debt. The only riches Texas had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and brains, brawn, and boldness to drive them north to where the money was.