Following the murder of his father, Jim Carvel is outraged when the killer escapes punishment and shoots the man himself, leaving him for dead. Jim travels to the Pacific Northwest, where he discovers a small puppy in the wilderness. He suffers a broken leg and is rescued by Pierre Eustach and his Native American daughter, Nepeese. Although Jim falls in love with Napeese, he continues his travels with the dog, called Baree, after his leg heals. A man named Bush McTaggart takes an interest in Nepeese and asks for her hand in marriage. When she refuses him, Bush kills Pierre in an attempt to take her by force. Nepeese escapes by jumping from a cliff into a raging stream. Jim learns from a Northwest Mounted Policeman that the man he shot has recovered and confessed to the murder of the elder Carvel. Jim returns to search for Nepeese, and, with the help of Baree, he finds her in the care of a Native American who saved her from the rapids. Baree kills Bush, removing the last obstacle to the future happiness of Jim and Nepeese.—AFI