A young man returns home from the Civil war where he witnessed his father die in action and finds that his mother has already remarried. In bitter disappointment he leaves and joins a cattle drive to the North. Typical western: the good young natured cowboy, the ill-tempered older cowboy, the mediating trail boss, and a cute single widow. Too many plot lines to hold things together. Fear of stampede, breaking in new horse with antsy cattle, marauding Indians, fidelity to marriage vows, interpersonal conflict with cowboys…