TOBY TOBIAS is nineteen, a cowboy, and a Wanted Man. RUSHING WIND is nineteen, a Pawnee brave, and next in line to become Chief of the Pawnee Nation when his father, LIMPING FOOT, dies in his mountain hideaway, as inaccessible a place and almost impossible to find. When Toby's wagon train is raided by the Pawnee Indians just out of Kansas, Toby manages to survive with the help of his imaginary friend, JOHN COLTER, an early explorer of the Old West and Toby's constant companion.
Toby and Rushing wind form an unusual friendship after all the Pawnee braves are killed and Rushing Wind is forced to go back to the Texas hideaway where his father and the tribe are waiting with anticipation. Along the way the run into CAPTAIN REYNOLDS of the US Calvary, who intends to lead his quirky men into raiding a Mexican village during their Day of the Dead celebration...