Hop Sing's cousin visits with his bride-to-be, but all three are kidnapped by hatchet men working for the bride's stepfather. Ben, Hoss, and Little Joe are also captured while pursuing, but Adam and the sheriff manage to free them.; Hoss acquires a camel, but its smell panics the horses, cattle, and swine of whites and Indians alike. Ben agrees to the neighbors' demands that the beast has to go, and Hoss takes it into the desert for release. They come upon a wagon train under Indian attack, and the camel helps Hoss scatter the attackers' horses.; Bedrock Barnes attempts to aid a man crazed from thirst in the desert. The stranger repeatedly shoots at Bedrock, who finally knocks him down with a thrown rock, ties him, and gives him water from a canteen. When the sheriff arrives Bedrock learns that the stranger is a dangerous wanted bank robber.; Facts about the pronghorn; Facts about needlefish