New trail boss Rowdy runs up against Morgan Kane after Kane and his people shoot two drovers who try to stop a lynching.
New drover Danny Hawks is suspected of stealing horses, and Rowdy has to decide his guilt or innocence.
To make a cattle drive in six weeks, Rowdy is forced to take on Lash Whitcomb as Segundo, and Lash will do whatever it takes to get the herd delivered on time.
When Quince and Simon are caught in a cave-in, new drovers Ed Rankin and Jerry Boggs offer to get them out... for $500.
Tensions mount when Rowdy hires a band of Chiricahua braves to help drive the herd. Their leader, Jacob Yellow-Sun, is one-quarter white and faces challenges of his own from his braves.
The Gufler clan takes Rowdy hostage after they con him out of $100, and threaten to hang him unless the drovers pay ransom.
Colonel Vasquez forces Quince, Simon, and Jed to sell 200 herd of cattle for 40,000 pesos. However, when they try to cash the money, they discover that it's no good.
To shelter the herd from a coming storm, the drovers get involved in a war between suffragette Cassie Webster and the crooked men in town.
A marshal hunts down Jed for a murder charge that Jed claims he was cleared of.
A drover insulted by the top hand Rowdy is delivering cattle to tries to challenge the man who questioned his honor.
Major Buford is conducting a range war against carpetbagger Duke Aberdeen, and Rowdy tries to stay neutral as both sides use the herd to get back at the other.
A cavalry detachment demands a hundred head from the drive and leaves a requisition with the drovers... and they soon discover that the "soldiers" are cattle rustlers in disguise.
Rowdy deals with an alcoholic trail guide and his young son.
