Colonel Kit Coyote and Sergeant Oakey Homa attempt a surprise attack on the Gopher Indians, but are attacked by an their alligator submarine in the swamp.
General Nuisance provides the Colonel with a massive cannon that should wipe out the Gophers. But only if the Colonel and the Sergeant can get the huge artillery piece over the mountain.
The Colonel and the Sergeant prospect for gold in Gopher Gulch, hoping that a gold strike will draw thousands of fortune seekers, crowding out Ruffled Feather and Running Board.
General Nuisance sets up a telegraph line to send attack orders to the Colonel. The Gophers tap the line and send to the Colonel - shall we say - revised orders.
The Colonel tries to train the Gophers to be infantrymen - with disastrous results. So he tries to train them to be artillerymen - with disastrous results.