McLeod comes to Banner with a strange request - come to his cabin and shoot a witch with a silver bullet. When Banner refuses, McLeod threatens to go to the fort's tavern and recruit a barfly to accomplish the deed. Banner and Falcon reluctantly agree to investigate and learn the "witch" who is supposedly hexing McLeod's traps is his beautiful daughter.
When a British patrol is ambushed by Indians, their green drummer boys flees into the woods. Disobeying orders, Banner leads a group of Hudson's Bay men to the rescue.
Montgomery Velvet, a notorious dueler, arrives at the fort intent on dueling Jonathan Banner. He provokes him in front of Pierre Falcon, the factor Balfour, and his daughter Joanna.
A strong-willed young woman comes to Fort Gannon in search of her fiancé, Harry Sinclair, whom she learns is a alcoholic accused of cowardice. She refuses to believe that her betrothed is past redemption and begs Jonathan to help him to recover. There efforts are nearly thwarted when Sinclair's h...