Professors Robertson and Montgomery had come to the Texas Panhandle in search of ancient bones. Instead, they found murder and danger in the scenic confines of Palo Duro Canyon. Bill Malone and his gang of killers were searching for a lost federal payroll and were prepared to eliminate anyone who stood in their way. When the eastern college professors met up with the bloody bandits, it seemed the result would be inevitable. However, the old gunfighter Elijah West and his partner, William Three Toes Russell, had never met a hard case they couldnt outwit or shoot - they stood ready for bones, bullets and badmen.,
