Faced with a dwindling supply of furs to send to Great Britain, the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company desperately needs to create a relationship with the Blackfeet Indians who land contains untapped resources, but each trading party sent to treat with them is massacred. Factor Oglivie is convinced that he can make a treaty with the tribe to allow trappers to work in their lands, so Jonathan Banner is sent to evaluate the feasibility of his plan.