Following the failure on yet another peace treaty between the Apache nation and the United States government, a troop of cavalrymen attacked and massacred a sleeping camp of Indian men, women and children. Unbeknown the them, they left several survivors, including a women and an Indian leader who were some of the few who had upheld the treaty. A once peaceful man has now become a feared and hated warrior, the scourge of the white-man known as Yellow Shirt.