Shortly after being admitted to the Union, California was under military rule while awaiting for a government to be set up. Factions with influence with the military began taking money, land and property away from its rightful owners. Kirby Tornell, of Spanish-American heritage, loses his rancho to this criminal group and decides to strike back; he organizes a guerrilla band that robs the robbers and returns the property to its rightful owners. General Winfield, the U. S. Military governor, has been hoodwinked by the land-grabbers and thinks Tornell to be an outlaw and sends his troops out to capture Tornell.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>