Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek anuncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat fromNew York ... » 

Wesley Curnow a young Cornish miner arrives in the United States to seek anuncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat fromNew York bound for New Orleans he meets up with a charismatic US marshal whois en route to the western territories to bring law to the area. After a gunfight with pirates on the Mississippi River and an encounter with an attractivehalfMexican croupier Wes parts company with his companions only to find hisuncle has been forced to move away. Wes faces a serious altercation with Germanminers meets an old Mountainman who teaches him proficiency with a revolverand then faces a journey overland through inhospitable country. But can hesurvive the journey? «