The adventures of Fred Linden, Terry Clark and their friend Deerfoot continue in this second volume of The Deerfoot Series, set at the close of the eighteenth century in the southwestern part of the present state of Missouri. After a hundred-mile trek south, the trio finds the camp in the mountains is under siege and that Fred's father, George Linden, and his hunting companions are missing. It is a story of high suspense, personal danger and the exhibition of extraordinary wilderness skills of the masterful young Shawanoe warrior, Deerfoot.