When Jim Bridger's second-in-command enforces camp discipline with brutal violence, one trapper pushes back, and a showdown seems inevitable. Can Bridger intervene before the situation turns from mutual hostility into cold-blooded murder?

Legendary frontiersman Jim Bridger spins an incredible tall tale to a group of settlers, claiming he was once killed by Blackfeet warriors yet somehow lived to tell the tale. By the end of his story, they are convinced it's all true.

After discovering a river filled with gold, Jim Bridger and his fellow trappers believe they are near El Dorado, the mythical Spanish city of gold. But their insatiable greed turns friends into enemies and leads to a gruesome fate.

While guiding a hunting expedition, Jim Bridger must deal with an arrogant foreign prince who is abusing his servant boy. The tables soon turn, when it's the prince who needs rescuing, and his only hope is the long-suffering servant boy.

When they are ambushed by a vengeful Blackfeet war party, Jim Bridger and a lone Shoshone brave must work together to find a way to defeat their common enemy. If they can't learn to trust each other, they may not survive the day.