"A Ralph Compton novel" - cover.

Chip Chippendale met Reese Balleen after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. When Chip laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the friends took different trails. But when Reese's home is burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he's faced with ruin--and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader's son. Now a target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains, Reese turns to his old friend Chip. And Chip never forgets his friends.