 Pete is convinced that he saw Eli Rocque, a guide who disappeared with Billy s father Frank two years earlier. Billy and Pete head to Whitefish Falls where Pete last saw Eli. There, Dougall McGregor confirms the sighting. Despite Dougall s insistence, Billy does not inform his mother, not wanting to upset her. Nancy learns the news from Dougall and is concerned for Billy. She and Dennis set out separately to find Eli. Meanwhile, Eli has fallen under the spell of s mysterious medicine woman and goes into a trance. Billy, Pete, Nancy, Dennis and Officer Nixon converge on Eli and try to free him from the strange curse.