Winnetou and the old Judge

Winnetou and Old Shatterhand join their friends, the Shoshone, on a bison hunt north of the Wind River Mountains. Winnetou discovers intruders who indiscriminately slaughter buffaloes. The friends are baffled when the trespassers shoot dead one of their own after Old Shatterhand successfully apprehends him; they also discover that the villains are not what they seem. The pointless killing of the buffalo enrages the Shoshone chief, who wants the villains punished. Winnetou and Old Shatterhand intend to solve the mystery. Old Surehand, Fat Jemmy and Long Davy are riding south from the Yellowstone region; to their surprise, in remote Jackson’s Hole they encounter a so-called ‘Indian agent’ who is operating from a newly built outpost. Surehand eavesdrops on a conversation between the agent and two visitors, and learns of an elaborate plot against the region’s native inhabitants. The three friends then follow the visitors, to prevent a tragedy. But first, Old Surehand must help young Frank Forbes, who is travelling west in search of his father’s murderer. While Winnetou and Old Shatterhand search for the villainous buffalo slayers, they make the acquaintance of Judge Whittaker, a much-respected rancher and lawman in the north-west corner of Wyoming Territory. When Shatterhand meets the judge’s nice, Heather, his thoughts turn to romance. The quiet region between Jackson’s Hole and South Pass, the Wind River Mountains and the Teton Range suddenly turns very lively when a covered wagon train of German immigrants and two Indian tribes combine forces to combat the evil plot that had been hatched against them.