When an orphaned half breed Apache boy named Romeo is accused of killing the daughter of a rich ranch owner in Texas, he is forced to run for his life. After making some great friends in a small town just coming to life, he makes a long journey to the mountain home of his mother's people seeking for family with the Apache's. There he learns he is not an orphan at all. With newfound strength he returns back to his new friends and then back to prove he is not guilty of the murder. Only then does he find true love in the town he helped to build.