With the Sioux attacking the stage, Slim suggests they repair an old road the Sioux will not attack. He has stage driver Lon MacRae gather a work crew which seems to be an odd group of men. When they die one by one, no one knows why.
Slim and Jess realizing the stage is late ride out finding it under attack by three Sioux which they help drive off. The Sioux are raiding in the Laramie basin and making it dangerous for stage traffic to use the Laramie road. Slim Sherman suggests using the Old Laramie road until things settle down but the road needs repair. With Jess Harper off scouting for the Army, Slim decides to the stage on in while he has the driver Lon MacRae round up a work crew which turns out to be an odd assortment of citizens to work on the road. The Army sends the Army scout N'Codee to look for Sioux and hunt for food but few of the men other than Slim trust him. They find themselves under attack almost from the beginning and it's not by the Sioux. Someone in their small band is systematically picking them off one by one. Bad luck is dogging them at every turn as Slim tries to solve the mystery of who is doing the killing and why. He might find the answers a little too late.—DarSpi