The High Chaparral is the home of a pioneer family in the newly won West; is the prize the settlers must hold against outlaws and Indians; and spells adventure in the wild Arizona territory of 1870.

Apaches are blamed when a cavalry troop is wiped out by marauding bandits. Big John realises that if a full-scale war between the Indians and the army is to be averted he must prove who really committed the crime. His race against time becomes a desperate one when the Apaches capture Blue.
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