After winning a thousand dollars in gold in a boxing match, Jack Mackenzie and his wolf-dog trek south on a journey in hunt of a suitable wife.

After winning a thousand dollars in gold in a boxing match, Jack Mackenzie and his wolf-dog trek south on a journey in hunt of a suitable wife. The are met by a murderous woodsman, hallucinations caused by starvation, and a charging grizzly bear, before coming to a small Native village where Jack is reunited with his wartime friend.