Cattle rancher Henry Ludlow who is confined to a wheelchair and has minimal strength in his arms and hands lives with his daughter Judy. Judy has fallen in love with a neighbor, Antone Rose, a Basque sheepherder who lives with his young brother Nicko. Their mother is dead and their father was murdered in a range war. Although Judy and Antone want to marry, Henry Ludlow is dead set against it. He is so against it that he tells Judy one night to pack as they are leaving the next day. Henry has sold the ranch and the two of them will join the Hale wagon train to go west and away from Antone. However, that night she rides to Antone's wagon to tell him they are leaving. Anone then decides to leave his place to join the wagon train and marry Judy. After the Ludlows join the wagon train, Chris decides to have Duke help Judy which results in him appearing to be interloping which gets Antone's ire up as Henry continues to refuse to say why they shouldn't be married.
—Anonymous