A young Native American who has lived on the Ponderosa since childhood decides to return to the tribe. The decision stirs up some ugly attention from the locals.
Little Joe offers an out-of-wok miner a job wrangling horses. When the miner is killed, he and Candy try to help his widow but inadvertently end up embroiled in a miner's strike.
After an assassin's bullet strikes him down while out on the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright decides to stay "dead" until he can find out who made the attempt on his life.
When Little Joe brings a seemingly amiable drifter to the Ponderosa, Ben is suspicious of the newcomers intentions. Before long, those suspicions are violently proven correct.
The Catwrights hire a bronc buster, who arrives with his wife, a Native American woman. The locals don't take kindly to the woman's arrival, and dark secrets soon emerge.
The Cattleman's Association hires a range detective to put an end to a spate of rustling in the area. What they don't realise is that their new man has a shady past of his own...
When a Virginia City bank is robbed, a posse sets out to apprehend Cully Marco. Cully, just out of prison and the only suspect for the crime, claims he has been set up.
Hoss gives testimony that sees Frank Scott hanged for the murder of a young woman. When Hoss later sees a man that looks just like Frank, he wonders if the wrong man was punished.
The Cartwrights and Candy come across a town deserted following a vicious Indian attack. The only survivor is a man locked in the jail, and a mysterious woman with a strange story.
After their parents died, Mark's brother raised him like he was trying to break a horse. Mark never doubted his brother's love, but proving it to others was never easy...
Joe, Hoss, and Candy drive a herd into Sand Dust. There, they witness a horrible crime and have to be put under protective custody to prevent the criminals disposing of witnesses.
Outlaw Donnie Buckler is shot while fleeing a holdup. Stricken, he is discovered by Little Joe. By the time they get back to the Ponderosa, the rest of Donnie's gang have shown up.
Gold panning immigrants are run off their claim, and kidnap Joe in order to make ransom money to keep their village alive. Their hearts aren't in it, however.
The militia troop is reactivated in order to bring a very important Native American prisoner to a nearby fort. The tribal chief is not going to let the man go easily, however.
Joe and Hoss are attached by Native Americans, and Joe is hit with an arrow. Luckily, they come across a wagon train where a dying doctor tends to Joe's wounds.
A young Native American who has lived on the Ponderosa since childhood decides to return to the tribe. The decision stirs up some ugly attention from the locals.
A young Native American who has lived on the Ponderosa since childhood decides to return to the tribe. The decision stirs up some ugly attention from the locals.
When the salt bed is finally exhausted, the last merchant with a supply left seeks to set a high price for his goods. Nobody can guess how high the price will truly get, however.
The Catwrights hire a bronc buster, who arrives with his wife, a Native American woman. The locals don't take kindly to the woman's arrival, and dark secrets soon emerge.