In 1885, Walter Burke is making hisliving as a bounty hunter. After his sister,a New York City socialite, passes away,Walter travels east to assume responsibilityfor her only son. The young, sicklyboy stands to inherit his mother's vastestate, despite protests from the boy'sstepfather. Walter takes his nephew weston a long journey into a world the boyhas only read about in schoolbooks anddime store novels.Walter and the boy embark on theirjourney as strangers, but after facing dangerand adventure together, they begin toform a bond. Then the boy is kidnapped.With a hired band of gunfighters, the kidnapperplans to take Walter to Mexico,leave him for dead and claim the vastinheritance. But he hasn't reckoned onWalter's skills as a rider and tracker, noron his determination to free his nephewby any means necessary.