Barnaby Skye's mixed-blood son, Dirk, teaches at the Indian Bureau's school on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Dirk, or North Star, as he is known among his mother's people, dreams of helping the Shoshones to live in the new world of the white men. When a total eclipse causes panic among the tribe, a young schoolboy has a breathtaking vision that may crush Dirk's hopes for peace. The boy renames himself Owl, the most dreaded of all totemic...