The High Chaparral ...is the bid of a family seeking roots in the newly won West
...is the threat to the new settlers from Mexicans and Indians
...and spells adventure in the Arizona territory of 1870

Padre Sanchez holds an annual fiesta to raise funds and eventually purchase a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but his piety, though genuine, is not all that it seems. Big John promises a donation to swell the funds and sends Buck and Manolito to escort the Padre and his precious cargo. It is a journey full of incident and the outcome never a foregone conclusion.
(Colour)