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Whi $)le s$ urveying (a tel ;egrap @_h line in 1861, We st* _ern Union# engineer :Edward Creig.\hto\n (De@ an `Jagger) is severely- $ injured % in an ac ciden)t. He is;+ discovere^,$)d by Vance S,-#haw ?,(Randolph, Scott), an out=.law on the r)un from ^a posse. Force]# d to tra;^vel on?` foot + ;\af:ter ;his )`!horse_:?/ was hurt, Shaw at [ first ? ) _consi=de\ =rs stealing!? Cr*ei`#[;gh-!to@`=n's horse, but/ cha ;n_ge*s hi s mi= nd a _)$nd takes the m\$ an with him, saving his life. ] Som!etim e la:[ ter, f[ o,+^llowi^@ng his ? re. co )+@-very#^, ; +Creighton r_(eturns to Oma ha, ,Nebraska and plan s the cons truction o)(f a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt L ak==e+-/! Ci *ty, Ut/ ([ah. Facin; :g cons]id [erable opposit)%ion t\=o the line from Confe =derat?*%e soldiers, I%@-ndians, and: outlaws, Creighto .n eli_: ci : /\ts -t+he help + of his siste=r ]Sue\+; (Virginia Gilmo (re),+` fo^]?reman := Pat Grog ) a,n (Mi/nor` Watson), a;,@[nd a?= ss$?ista )nt Homer Ke()ttle (Chill Wills). Lo\oking)@ to put his o+utlaw ] :p\\^ast be(#hind \ hi` m, S#ha?`@w $ ar +.ri;ves( at Creighto n&#-\39s +$[;We,=st` ern Un!ion office loo=@king for hon: est *work and is hir+ ed ;as $`$a-! scout b@ y =Gro$?gan w@ ho is _u n.: awar = e of his past. C:re\\ =.i*g@* ht on recognizes him among# th=-e%?] men an[ ]d(- allows ? +`%h-im to s?tay de sp;+%ite his suspicions-. Creig]hto#?@-n also hir e) s te ^n:derfoot Richard Blake : (Robert Young),\ @` a Har-v):ard-educated [engineer as a- [ favor to[ Bl*ak#+e& #3 _`9s fat @=he`-r. Shaw and Blake are b,oth attracted to Sue and vie fo@+r.$ her atte/n %$`ti%on, but% their romantic[- riv( alry is cut short `w][ h$]en con * s_t # ructi@on of the telegraph l_ine starts _ .on_( Jul:@y 4, 1861. After [/work commences on the line, one of the men$ is ki @lled appa rently[ by a `!myst+% erio:#us band of c \attle-rus:, tling Indians. Unconv #inced tha! ^t Indians $are .;to blame, Shaw r @ides out to i.;n/*+ves%$tig, ate and follo ,!ws -=^t$he rustlers' trail to the] camp of J-ack Sl;-ad %/e, a f$# ormer f(` riend and cohort, whos[ +,e ga(ng!+ co;,mmitt:-` ed the ki !]lling d+.isguised a./ s Indians—the g`$$;ang Sh^aw left % f,:_ollowing his ^last bank robbery .]#; Slad., e reveals t;,h^:at t+=-hey are wo[)rking ; for] th\ /e C)%on- federacy to \ \disr[! upt -Wester (:n Union because th[ey b _; eli@eve th\ \e tele_\$g` r% /aph servic] e will ^ help the Union. . Sha` w rides a)^way and r\ eturn -s to];;( :#%*the;/ line. Not wanting to turn i?;- n his f[]ormer frien-ds, Shaw tel.!l%%]?s Creighton that a large band[% of Dakota Indians stol`/!-#e the cattl *,%e, and recomm+ ends tha/%,t they. [ si`@ )mply repla-.+ce the he$ rd and no +`t :risk ?:a fig#ht with%: the In`]di* $ a[=ns. So:_ me+)%)time later, a* confronta_^tion [@t +akes place between #men=% working on the forward[ l^@`in(# )e a!nd a band of drunken In+;d:^*i ans. W hen \one of $;(the I% n*/(dian+]s tries to stea,@[*l some equipm-en]t, a nervou_]s Blake shoots him, i #+$gno `r [ing Sh.?aw//9s order to remain calm](. - After word .): arrives that the main\ c amp =is under at .tack+ =# !by other In _dians, the Western Union men rush ba:ck= to;@[ hel\p with the defense. At (the `mai-n camp, S\lade's men, who are again disguis :\ed ^`as India ?ns, ?) ste$ al +=#the ] \ We#ster n [# U [nio-n h*orses. The comp (\any d=iscover the ruse when one of the #.wou]n_[!_)de $d Indians $ turns \* out t ):?o be a whi-[te man. For =%ced .%`to bu%y back their s -:tolen ho + rses )f rom S=* l%[ade, C*rei/ ^ghton be,co`mes suspic ?.@ious of S \$-haw'- s $- @involvement,# especi:ally wh# e /n he a`dmit @\s, to_$ knowin]%` g@ the ga$ng. %=)!Soon the U.S. Ar:*my( arri:ves and ann=_ *ounc es the% In.]dians ?+:* have now refus .ed$ (to # allow t he te(:* legr. aph li )=ne? s to go t @::hrough the= .ir territ` ory in re^ spo* nse$` to Blake's shooting of the [drunken In.?dian. Cre $?ighton, Shaw, a^; $nd * Bl:?/ake ride -out[. to convi:n.+ce Chief Spotted Ho*rse to allow them to build the line ) through India@)#n te-/=rritory, even :(]thoug@@[h the man`? ?Blake wounded was @Sp_ !ott,,ed Horse's son. Cre(: ighton i%* s f,_+ inally able t$(!o p ) er%suade the. India`ns `%to allow the^,m pa#^ssage (+$, an/d w.)o`rk co]ntinu .?es unt il the c)$%@omp%any appro/-ach )es Salt^%+, Lak[ %e = /C[i[ty.( Sometim e later, S=haw r?eceiv\^.*e?)# s word th * at@ Jac k + Sla$%de wan:ts to meet ;:with him. On the way to see Slade,* , S):!haw is capture/[d and bou[$\nd by Slade& # `39@@^.s men. # Slade sa@ys his group%@? is g`)\ o ing to b -- urn dow# n $the Wester$ n Union ca[mp and t ! hey d* */[on `@` 9! t wan^t Shaw to_ interfere. A-?fter % Slade a nd hi, s men ride= off,#: Shaw e +#scapes:) fro+#]m his ro ;pes?#\( b ut arr =*!ives bac`k to(_+o la/: te to? prev;^ent the fire. He@ hel `. p?#s rescue some of the )Western U#\nion me n from th= e flames / \and bu\rns his]_ hand?s] in t=\he p=roc. /ess,,`*. After - [,:the fire,*. Creighton confronts Shaw^ for an@^ ex/ p+$lanation[, but Shaw% doe/+s / not reveal w ]ha#t he kno ws .and is _\fire-;d/ ._by Crei ghton. As ^ Sha*w leaves [the !,/camp, * he tells Blake that Sl% ade is actually ##Shaw's brot @`:her and. that _ ?he), Shaw, w?ill fi^ ;`nd :/Slade&-#39s= gang and; stop them from int ^@ erfering+ with ; th_;e telegraph project. Shaw ri\ d@ es off a +nd fin- $_ds Sl)% ade and h _is men in a_] ne ]a?$ [;rby town. At t` he b]arber sh #;op, Shaw conf ?\-ronts hi-s bro^+ther, whose gun is/$ conceale d( under . the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Sh =aw thro *ugh the s$;hee(=t. Sha :(w fig hts ) b$\*]ack @$; in spi% ) t );e of_[ hi s w (ound, killi ng som\./e of? _ the \^ ! gang members, and?, ;?) t :hen dies. Blak e arrives and co ntinues?. t%`+(@h@\e fight, with Slade who *dies f*;ro ;m_!( [ his wou$,nds. Soon after,, th e Western ]Union line i: -(s completed and the, w($ork ers _celebr@ate. When Sue laments t he absence of Sh(aw, Creigh ton t ?ells her that Shaw^, can hear th !em.