Adams meets a runaway slave named Isaac and decides to help him by letting stay at the cabin. Mad Jack thinks this may lead to trouble should Isaac's master come looking for him.
Nakoma is seeking out a cougar who attacked his village and it's inhabitants. Adams realizes that it's Sekota, a cougar he raised from a cub. Adams then struggles with a loyalty to both his Indian and animal friend.
Adams and friends meet a young man named Ulysses Grant. He's writing a book on the wilderness. Stating his lack of survival skill, Adams sees about teaching him the ways of the wild. Which is not as easy as it sounds.
Before all can complete preparations for an Easter celebration ,they must first deal with two wayward,yet,strange visitors,whose wagon burst into flames after being struck by lightning.
Adams (and Ben) await the arrival of Mad Jack and Nakuma for a great feast. Before they come,an Indian woman shows up, seeking her missing daughter. With a violent storm coming, it's a race against time to find her and have the feast as well.
Adams and Nakoma are told by Mad Jack,he's spoken with an Army Corporal. The Corporal said he was sent by the Govt. to help with issues regarding the animals. Adams is suspicious and thinks it may be a lie and the Corporal a bounty hunter.
Adams recalls the tale of how he met Nakoma when he was a new "Greenhorn" to the ways of the wilderness. How Nakoma helped him learn survival and also the tribal ceremony that bonded their friendship as Blood Brothers.
Adams may be buried alive by a rock avalanche and Ben the Grizzly may never see home or be the same,after a traveling circus owner catches him and treats him with cruelty. Will these 2 friends survive to see each other again?
Jack and Adams meet a young man from back East named Teddy Roosevelt Who seems to have no clue in outdoor survival and seems to leap before he looks. Can the men help guide Teddy through or is it a lost cause?