Trail of the Yukon

In the Candian Northwest, outlaws Muskeg Joe, Buck and Rand, and miner Matt Blaine rob the Lebeck bank of $150,000. Matt's son Jim reluctantly takes part in the robbery because Dawson, the owner of the bank, has defrauded Matt of his mining claim. Later, at the Blaine cabin, Muskeg pulls out his gun and demands the money, but Jim and Matt overpower Muskeg and his men and escape in their canoe, the outlaws in hot pursuit. Down river, Mountie Bob McDonald, dressed in civilian clothes, and his dog Chinook hear gunfire. When Matt and Jim land their canoe on the river bank, Bob comes to their defense. In the ensuing gun battle, Bob is shot in the leg, Matt mortally wounded and Jim taken hostage by the outlaws. With his dying breath, Matt tells Bob that Jim took part in the holdup only because Dawson had defrauded him. Unable to aid Jim because of his injured leg, Bob sends Chinook in his place. After Chinook unties Jim's hands, they both jump into a canoe and paddle downstream to Bob, who then tells Jim about his father's demise. Bob and Jim start the long trek back to Lebeck, but when Bob collapses, Jim proceeds alone to town for help. At the saloon owned by LaRue, Jim relates his plight, and Marie, LaRue's pretty daughter, volunteers that she has studied nursing in school and offers to treat Bob's wounds. Marie, LaRue and their faithful Indian companion Poleon then take Bob to their house to recuperate. Two weeks pass, and as Bob regains the use of his leg, Jim and Marie find themselves falling in love. One day, Dawson comes to visit, and when he berates Poleon and roughly pushes him, Chinook attacks the banker. Dawson angrily warns the LaRues about giving refuge to strangers, and after he leaves, LaRue confides that he is at the banker's mercy because he lost his life savings in the robbery and is unable to pay his debts. Feeling responsible for the LaRues' troubles, Jim offers to return the money, which prompts Bob to admit that he is a Mountie. Declaring that he thinks that Dawson was in league with Muskeg to rob his own bank, Bob goes to town to investigate while Jim goes to retrieve the stolen money. Meanwhile, in town, Dawson convenes a meeting of the bank's stockholders and proposes that they liquidate their stock to repay the depositors. Afterward, Muskeg visits Dawson and informs him that Jim escaped with a stranger and a white dog. Realizing that the two strangers at the LaRues' house must be Jim and his friend, Dawson sends Muskeg and the boys to search the premises for the money. Later that night, Bob and Jim return home and are alerted to the intruders' presence by Chinook. As Bob and Jim hold off the trespassers, Chinook runs to town to fetch Poleon and LaRue. After routing the outlaws, Jim confesses his true identity to the LaRues and hands over the money to Bob. Flashing his badge, Bob identifies himself as a Mountie and asks Jim's help in setting a trap for Dawson. After jailing Jim, Bob tells Dawson that he has arrested Jim and entrusted the money to the local constable. Dawson then orders Muskeg and his boys to eliminate Jim and recover the money. That night, as Muskeg and the gang break into the jail, they are greeted by Poleon and Bob. In the ensuing fight, a lamp is overturned, and the jail is soon engulfed in flames. As the town races to extinguish the fire, Bob captures Muskeg, who then confesses that Dawson plotted the entire bank robbery. At that moment, Dawson shoots him and flees. Hurling his knife into the banker's chest, Poleon brings Dawson to justice. Later, as Jim prepares to leave with Bob to stand trial, Bob assures Marie that Jim will be treated with leniency and will soon return to her.