Black Diamond Western #25 (1951)

In the remote frontier of a government reservation, Black Diamond and his companion Trixi stumble upon a mysterious golden glint in the burial site of the Black-Foot tribe, sparking a dangerous discovery. As eerie events unfold—fires, avalanches, and tribal panic—the duo suspects a hoax, but the sudden appearance of strange boot prints and a melted rock in the flames hints at a human hand behind the superstition.

In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s, Black Diamond and his companion Bumper are called to stop a violent Apache uprising led by Chief Victorio, who blames white settlers for the suffering of his people. As they track the war party, they uncover a deeper conspiracy: a corrupt group of white men known as the Indian Ring, led by Shelton Cass, who profit by supplying the Apaches with weapons and inciting violence to seize their land. With tensions rising and a captured settler woman still in danger, Black Diamond must confront both the ruthless chief and the treacherous men behind the war.