A group of settlers from England head for the wilderness guided by two malevolent men posing as scouts. In the depths of the Huron territory they find themselves at the mercy of two men. Hawkeye and Chingachgook, suspicious when the settlers are not heard from, let out to find them.

Hawkeye and Chingachgook, on the trail of the notorious renegade Simon Girty, defy a warning that Morristown is barred to all newcomers because of the Black Plague and enter the town secretly.