![]() Along with the usual perils of frontier travel, the Cannons discover that a Mexican landowner covets their new ranch and that the local Apaches are hostile. During an Apache raid, Annalee is killed and John's strained relationship with his son comes to a head. With future Apache attacks a certainty, John reaches a truce with neighbor Don Sebastian Montoya and-to seal their deal-marries Don Sebastian's daughter Victoria (Linda Cristal). Victoria's rakish brother Manolito (Henry Darrow) joins his sister at the High Chaparral-Annalee's name for the Cannon ranch-and a new "family" is formed. ![]() What sets The High Chaparral apart from other 1960s Westerns is its evolving family relationships. The Big John-Victoria relationship progresses from one of mutual respect to genuine love. Buck's relationship with Blue evolves from supportive uncle to de facto father at times (e.g., when Blue decides to leave the High Chaparral, it's Buck that goes after him and convinces him to return). The concept of "blended families" in TV Westerns was nothing new in the 1960s.īuck and Manolito-two kindred spirits when it comes to having a good time-act more like brothers than Buck and John. The brothers in Bonanza each had a different mother. Heath Barkley was the illegimate son of Victoria's husband in The Big Valley. ![]() The two brothers in Lancer are stepbrothers and one of them was half-Mexican.
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