Subject and Script-writer: Gianluigi Bonelli
Artwork: Giovanni Ticci
Cover Design: Aurelio Galleppini
In a pueblo on Aquila della Notte’s reservation, some evil-doers guided by the grasping Jimmy Benson carry out a slaughter of Indians. Their abominable plan is to kidnap a few of them, and force them to act as guides towards a goldfield the ugly mugs want to get their hands on. Tex is immediately alerted, and together with Piccolo Falco and Kit Carson he immediately sets off on the murderers’ trail. And while the pards are canoing down the Colorado river rapids, Tiger Jack, heading a bunch of trusted Navajos, catches up with the bandits in the Painted Desert, and shoos their horses away.