[1] The picture was notably the first of many (including a subsequent television series) for canine character Rin Tin Tin,[2] a German Shepherd who replaced a truculent wolf originally slated to appear.

As described in a film magazine,[4] taking place in the woods of the Canadian northwest, Corporal Pierre de Barre (Cummings) loves Mabella (Novak), the foster daughter of Lopente (Klein), and she loves him.

Gaspard, The Wolf (Beery), holding over Lopente knowledge of a killing for which he would be arrested, demands Mabella.

Lopente forces the young woman to marry Gaspard, telling her that he would be arrested and hanged otherwise.

Sergeant McKenna (Whitson) and his deputy leave the post deserted, and Gaspard arrives and knocks Pierre down.