A Mexican ranch owner is pressured by his foreman to not allow Cochise to move and water his cattle on the ranch property, by threatening to tell the don's daughter that her mother was Apache.

Jeffords intervenes when an exiled Apache abandons his child. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Manuel: Dan Casbian. Sanza: Jil Jarmyn. Tabor: Ken Christy.

Gun runners intent on supplying arms to the factions in a Mexican power struggle steal and buy all the guns and ammunition in the area and use outlaw Chiricahuas to blame Cochise's group.

Cochise asks for a teacher to instruct in the ways of white culture. To his chagrin, the one he gets is not only a woman, but a woman who holds fast to cultural values that demean Apache customs.

An outlaw sells whiskey to the Apaches which causes several deaths among the Indians. Cochise begins a search for the outlaw.

When a boy from a criminal family is caught stealing, Jeffords takes custody of him to prevent his imprisonment. But he then farms the boy to Cochise to teach him life lessons, to the mortification of his parents and the settlement folk.

Cochise, is wounded in a battle and appoints a subchief to rule the Chiracahuas. The new leader, intoxicated with power, tries to lead the Apaches back to war.

A US Cavalry general posts troops on the Chirikawa reservation, distrustful of Cochise.