Colonel Kit Coyote has one last chance to win the west for the U. S. Cavalry, by claiming Gopher Gulch. Only two obstacles stand in his way, Chief Running Board and Ruffled Feathers, the last surviving Indian Gophers of their tribe.
Having failed to make the Gopher recruits into infantrymen, artillerymen, and now grenadiers, the Colonel puts them to work - in the kitchen. Not a good idea.