A military cadet, Richard Bain, challenges the popular view that Jason was a coward at Bitter Creek, and is expelled when he refuses to recant. He ends up working for Jason and demands to know why Jason is covering up the truth.

Jason and the doctor that he's escorting, Dr. Evelyn Cole, take refuge at a way station near a well that they suspect Indians have poisoned.

Lucy Benson hires Jason to help develop her town, but the townspeople soon make it clear that Jason isn't wanted there.