Western Team-Up Vol 1 1

The Gunsmoke Kide walks in on an argument between a prospector named Andrews and a thug named Benton with a tribe of "Piutes" at his side. The Gunsmoke kid is able to ride them off for a time enough for Andrews to explain the situation and to meet Andrews' pet wolf King before the tribe returns and knocks the two men out.

Upon waking up the Gunsmoke Kid finds himself in a tipi of the Piutes and are barring witness to the chief of the tribe attacking one of their own. Andrews explains that Benton has been misleading the tribe into thinking men are animals and that a cougar that attacked and killed some of their men was in actuality that warrior. In reality Benton just wanted that man out of the way. After a small confrontation with Benton who admitted as such King, made his way into the tipi and and the Gunsmoke Kid hatched a plan.

After receiving some gold dust from Andrews the Gunsmoke Kid did some work on King and had Andrews send him out to cause the tribe's horses to flee. After this the tribe turned on Benton and the two prisoners took Benton into custody instead. After far enough away from the tribe the Gunsmoke Kid explained that Benton had them believing people were animals and so the Kid painted the wolves' teeth with the gold dust to make him look like Benton. When the tribe saw that they knew he couldn't be trusted.