A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
Dewey Martin
as Henry Sager
Aldo Ray
as Dr. Dutch
Anne Collings
as Naome Sager
Dean Smith
as Kit Carson
James Griffith
as Billy Shaw
Stewart Petersen
as John Sager
Dehl Berti
as White Elk
Bea Morris
as Sally Shaw
Scott Petersen
as Francis Sager
Debbie van Orden
as Catherine Sager
Diane Petersen
as Matilda Sager
Suzanne Petersen
as Lousia Sager
