The Cartwrights help an eloping couple escape from the bride's cruel and angry suitor. After the suitor is killed in the ensuing gunfight, the Cartwrights send his gang home; the newlyweds are free.; Rustler Hank Greeber fakes his death and frames the Cartwrights for murder. With three of the four Cartwrights jailed, Greeber and his gang drive off the Cartwright herd. Hoss Cartwright and Paiute allies trap them in a narrow canyon and force their surrender. When the sheriff has Greeber's putative grave dug up, he discovers he's been had. The newly freed Cartwrights reward young Paiute Little Crow with a new rifle.; When Bad Buck Hardacre gratuitously shoots a burro, Bedrock Barnes pummels him unconscious. Bedrock sets out for more prospecting, toting the burro's foal on his back.; Description of wedding customs in Spanish California.