In the early 1700s in Texas, before the great herds of buffalos were slaughtered by poachers, before the far-ranging wolf packs were cut down by the steel traps of fur traders, before the massive grizzlies fled to the great mountains of the north away from the accusing eyes of cattlemen, before the rapid spread of the white manís diseases and the invention of the Winchester, there were two militant factions of indigenous people, the Apache and the Comanche.

Revolutionized by the mestano, the mustang horse, which was originally imported by the Spaniards over a century before, these great horse nations thrived as they had never thrived before. The Apache and Comanche, feudal enemies, controlled the Southern Plains of Texas during these brutally violent times, as they fought for control of the land and the horse.