When a well-intentioned doctor agrees to remove a bullet from the old chief of belligerent band of Apache Indians, the hostile townspeople fly into a rage, lynch the chief and provoke an Indian uprising.

Eyes of the Hawk was inspired by an old Texas legend about an embittered father who swore to kill the town that had killed his son, and let vengeance turn him into the man he hated most. Elmer Kelton No one wants you to tamper with a legend, especially by telling the truth. So begins the story of a proud man named Thomas Canfield. He is descended from the earliest Texas pioneers and has inherited their courage and fortitude. To the Mexican citizens...

Once they'd fought at each other's side. Nantahe, the Apache scout, and Jess Faver, trackers for the U.S. Calvary. Then the Army imprisoned its Indian scouts, and the past was left behind.