A detachment of the 7th Cavalry ends up killing a peaceful Cheyenne hunting party. This puts a Cheyenne chief and a female reporter after Custer's scalp.
Taking a stagecoach back to his command after a period of leave, Custer and the other passengers find themselves menaced by outlaws and hostile Native Americans.
Lt. Moreno is a Kiowa in the cavalry who his men suspect him of being a spy. The men of command presume that Moreno is trying to thwart the efforts of making the Arapaho an ally to the cavalry.
Custer and Crazy Horse are both captured by the Blackfeet who are hostile to both whites and the Sioux. The two foes must work together in order to escape and stay alive.
An expedition into the Black Hills becomes deadly when a lieutenant who hates Colonel Custer disobeys orders, forcing the 7th to return to conduct a rescue. The young man's father, responsible for many flaming newspaper articles on the Colonel, follows, placing everyone in greater danger as they seek to avoid further hosilities with the Indians.moreless
Custer comes to Fort Hays to command the 7th. The recruits of the 7th struggle to become soldiers, they are only allowed to do work detail, garrison detail and drills. Custer and the 7th comes to the rescue of General Terry and the 5th Cavalry against Crazy Horse and a group of Kiowas who possess double barreled shotguns sold to them by a renegade white trader in exchange for gold.moreless