Matt Hutchins, the lone survivor of a wagon train massacre.... Found and raised by the Sioux, Matt not only learns the ways of the Sioux, but his survival skills are keenly honed, with his tracking abilities used by both the Army and later by the sheriff of a town named Buffalo Flats. Matt lives alone on the open plains with his trusted friend and horse, Ole Friend, a gift given to him by the Chief Buffalo Robes, the one who taught him how to survive.