Among the passengers in a westbound stagecoach are Paladin (Richard Boone) and Della White Cloud (Dolores Vitina), the Eastern-educated daughter of an Indian chief. Despite her manners and gentility, Della is treated with hostility by her bigoted fellow passengers--all except for Paladin, who knows what it feels like to be an outcast. Ultimately, everyone's fate rests in the hands of Della when an outlaw named Ed Rance (John Doucette) shows up to steal a gold box hidden on the coach. Like the 1939 film classic Stagecoach, this episode is based on a short story by 19th century ironist Guy de Maupassant (who is given full screen credit!) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi