Gunner Hodge

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It's 1886 and Gunner Hodge, known to the White Mountain Apaches as Gùnòyè, suddenly reappears in Arizona after a six-year odyssey and contracts with the Indian Agency and U. S. Army to spearhead a manhunt for outlaw Apaches, successfully tracking and finding them, killing one and capturing three for trial at Fort Bowie. Soon afterward Penelope Allison shows up at the Fort, a young woman he grew to love while studying under the tutorship of her father in the East three years earlier. Believing Penny is there only because of her interest in a young officer, Gunner becomes disheartened. He leaves Fort Bowie abruptly for Socorro, New Mexico, only to learn short days later that the same renegades he captured earlier killed two jailhouse guards and escaped from the fort, taking Penny Allison and another hostage with them. The Army's attempts to recapture the hostiles in the mountains are futile and Gunner knows that the only chance to recover Penny alive is if he alone goes after her, offering himself as a target to the vengeful Charlie Chiquito for the killing of his brother.