Flint and Charlie are bringing horses they had bought at Fort Henderson from Major Hansen back when they see a poster offering a $10,000 reward for Angel de Muerte (angel of death). Muerte has been a problem for everyone including the Army and wagon trains some of whom have been wiped out by him. Flint raising his arm sends a signal to a group of masked men who approach the pair and steal the horses. Before leaving the men the leader of the group hands Flint a package. The reluctant Charlie takes Flint as a prisoner to the wagon train where he tells Christopher Hale what happened. Flint admits to helping steal the horses so when Major Hansen arrives from Fort Henderson a trial is held in which Hale sentences Flint to 20 lashes with a bull whip and banishment from the wagon train. After Sgt. Oakes completes the sentence, Flint in deep pain rides off. Later, Bill, Chris and Major Hansen ride out for a secret meeting - with Flint. Bill learns the Major helped fake the robbery as Flint being the only man who can find Muerte has agreed to cooperate in a scheme to catch him. They doctor Flint's welts and the Major gives him the directions to the Upton ranch where brother and sister Sam and Peggy Upton live and are thought to help Muerte. Flint arrives at the ranch where Peggy finds him passed out and starts to help him after signaling Sam. Upon his arrival he treats Flint rather roughly until he learns who he is as he heard what happened to Flint.
—Anonymous