The pioneer herd

Drought and death-dealing winters have forced the owner of the T Slash, John "Bumble" Beebe, to drive his cattle to distant grazing lands in Wyoming. But disaster strikes in the form of a devastating flash flood when Bumble takes the advice of Red Water Slim, the cocksure guide of the journey, over that of old Clay Robinson, the trusty ranch foreman, and leaves the herd near a creek bed overnight instead of taking it up to the bluffs. As the lone...