A butterfly collecting unwittingly wanders into an Native Americans in the United States encampment while chasing a butterfly. This tribe has resolved to kill the first Caucasian race man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land. The Indian warriors give chase to Keaton, who ingeniously escapes their efforts to kill him. As a result, Keaton eventually becomes accepted by the tribe and given the title, “Little Chief Paleface”. He subsequently leads the tribe’s effort to stop the oil tycoons from displacing them from their land.
