Tobek Hoag is a resident of Pluto in 1911. Shortly after a white family is found murdered, Tobek flees Pluto, making some residents of the town suspect Tobek of the crime, even after a group of white vigilantes falsely blames four young Indian men. Eventually, it is revealed that Tobek (who was later killed in World War I) is innocent, and Cordelia Lochren—the sole survivor of the murders—discovers that her family was killed by Warren Wolde.