As a baby, John Ermine is stolen from a wagon train by the Crow Indians and is adopted by Chief Fire Bear. John grows to manhood, ignorant that he is a white man until his parentage is disclosed to him by Crooked Bear, a white hermit who is...
De petit, els indis Crow roben John Ermine d'una caravana i l'adopta el cap dels Óssos Foc. John creix fins a l'edat adulta, ignorant que és un home blanc fins que l'Ós Tortuós li revela la seva ascendència.