For Tate the civil war is over. With a severly crippled arm he returns to his boyhood home town to try to help a friend.

Tom Sandee is a bounty hunter. He mistakenly thinks Tate is wanted & is going after him.

A gang of outlaws shoot up a man badly.Then they make a bet on what time he will die. Tate tries to protect the man before the different oulaws can kill him.

A ranchowner owes his hands a year's wages.He agrees to pay up in cattle, then reneges.They pay Tate to help them collect.