⁣A family seeks revenge against Joe for shooting the treacherous patriarch in self-defense after the man tried to set fire to the Ponderosa. Jack Elam and Katherine Warren guest star..

⁣Tolliver and his outlaw gang of former pirates have kidnapped two women and demanded a ransom of 1000 pounds. Hawkeye infiltrates the gang in an attempt to get them back.

⁣In the opening scene Roy as a boy philosophizes about marriage to his girl friend then sees his dad gunned down by bad guys who want to drive out the ranchers by cutting off their water.