Sally's glamorous cousin comes to visit.
The wagon train comes across a devastated wagon party where they find Renaldo, a wounded member of the attacking comancheros who was left to die by his comrades.
A judge and his family join the wagon train. Judge Clay has a reputation for cleaning up frontier towns, but his fanatical attention doesn't always draw praise.
Rowdy risks his life when he helps an old man (Burgess Meredith) plagued by cattlemen after his land; guest Beau Bridges.
Hardie and his prisoner Lou Reese fight off gunmen out to kill both men.