The Hidatsa tribe chooses a new chief between two rivals. According to an old tribal custom, rivals compete in a game with seven arrows, but one of them is wounded, so Zagor takes his place.
On the way to the Darkwood, Zagor and Chiko pass through Texas. In a village in the middle of the desert, they meet Digging Bill, who is preparing to search for the gold bars of the Alvarez mine, which is located in the Wichita hills, in Comanche territor
After returning from Green River Valley, Zagor and Chico are greeted by Drunky Duck with a letter from their old friend, Digging Bill, a clumsy gold prospector. This time, Bill is not tormented by curses or ghosts, but by a man of flesh and blood...