Chip Blake was a young rider for the Pony Express. An old cowboy named Martin instructed Chip Blake on his new job, explaining, "Your main trouble, in this good weather, will be the savages... and I got just two words on them... The words is 'kill 'em!' They're all alike, and the only good injun is a dead injun... They're tricky as coyotes... mean as snakes!" Blake shoots the bear and treats the Native American's wounded arm before continuing on his delivery.