The Law of the North is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat, and written by Ella Stuart Carson, John Lynch, and R. Cecil Smith.

Caesar Le Noir (McKim), a scoundrel who courts Virginie, is second in command at the trading post.

While returning for Virginie's rosary beads, Le Noir is discovered and amidst the struggle kills the Commandante.

Alain returns from visiting a nearby trading post and trails Le Noir to a deserted fort, where he brings him to bay.

For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of the three intertitles "Listened and sinned and now the squaws point to her with scorn", "You are a scoundrel and should be made to marry her", and "I lied to shield your brother", Reel 2, Le Noir holding knife preparatory to stabbing the man, Reel 3, the two intertitles "I am going to mate you lower than the wolves" and "You may yet have a white squaw, Numa", closeup of Indian holding young white woman in embrace and suggestively leering at her, first two den scenes showing squaws sitting on men's laps, in vision of murder eliminate scene in which Le Noir pulls out knife, two scenes of Le Noir forcibly kissing young woman, Reel 4, last scene of Indian sitting outside of young woman's door where his face registers his intention to commit rape, the intertitle "You may yet have white squaw" and vision of man struggling with young woman, and Indian going to young woman's bed and pulling off sheet.