

"Cracking Like a Whip From Here to Excitement!"
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.
Sen. William J. Tadlock

Dick Summers

Lije Evans

Rebecca 'Becky' Evans

Preacher Weatherby

Sam Fairman

Brownie Evans

Mr. McBee

Mrs. McBee

Johnnie Mack

Michael Moynihan

Mrs. Fairman

Little Henry

Captain Grant

Big Henry
Middle Henry

Saunders

Mr. Turley

William J. Tadlock Jr.

Mr. Masters

Mrs. Masters

Mrs. Turley

Mrs. Moynihan
Calvelli

Indian Brave

Sioux Chief (as Michael Lane)

Mercy McBee

Amanda Mack

Barber (uncredited)

Cattleman (uncredited)
Cattleman (uncredited)
Missouri Townsman (uncredited)

Caleb Greenwood (uncredited)
Bagpiper at Fort Hall (uncredited)
Sioux Warrior (uncredited)

Paw-Kee Mah (uncredited)
Indian Boy (uncredited)
Bagpiper at Fort Hall (uncredited)
Cowboy Asking About Bethel Bartholomew (uncredited)
