A sick trap opens for half-breed Matthew Whitehawk when he seeks help at a frontier ranch after being bitten by a rattler. Luke Grog, wife Sarah, and mute brother Jesse nurse him back to his feet so that Luke can drop him in the middle of the forest without food or water and hunt him down as he has 16 Indians before him.

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.

On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.