After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.

Two part television adaptation of Louis L'Amour's third novel in the Sackett series. The story follows the three Sackett brothers out west from their Tennessee home. Along the way, the oldest, Tell, prospects for gold, while the two younger Orin and Tye herd cattle and help bring order to a racially divided Santa Fe.—Mark Shelton <[email protected]>

Television movie about three brothers, Tell, Orrin, and Tyrell. Tell left home a few years ago and was playing cards with a man named "Bigelow", who he calls a cheater, and when the man pulls a gun on him, Tell kills him. Orrin and Tyrell leave home after an incident. They meet up with two old cowboys, Tom Sunday and Cap Rountree, who are herding some cattle to Sante Fe. They join them and the two men educate the boys. Tell has become a prospector and eventually meets up with his brothers, and Cap Rountree decides to join him. When Orrin and Tyrell arrive in Sante Fe, they find themselves embroiled in a dispute between the Mexicans, and the Americans who want them to leave. While Tell is pursued by the Bigelow brothers.—[email protected]