Top-rated
1959
Jonathan Banner discovers American soldiers on an expedition to find the source of the Mississippi River, which they hope is the natural border between the U.S. and Canada. Disappointed that it is not, a fight ensues over what should be the border, but Banner's party and the soldiers settle their differences after being forced to work together to escape quicksand. Banner negotiates the border to favor British interests, taking advantage of the soldiers' hunger. The Americans trick Banner into redrawing the line after dinner, provided that they give Banner's party pipe tobacco.
1959
Banner travels to the Columbia River Country to purchase Columbine House for the Hudson Bay Company. He arrives to find the house in dispute. The son of the family is angry because he thinks his mother has remarried too soon after his father's death. Banner discovers that the son and the housemaid are plotting murder, believing his father's fatal accident was perpetuated by his stepfather. When Banner investigates further, he discovers that a Native American chief is the true murderer, and that the biological father of the housemaid is the late patriarch of Columbine House.
Top-rated
1959
In 1817, Falcon and Banner are sent to Fort Gannon to stop whiskey traders from disrupting the fur trade. The three whiskey traders make the first move, attacking and injuring a preacher integrated into a Native American community. The preacher refuses to tell Banner who attacked him. The violent leader of the whiskey traders attacks the preacher again. Members of the Cree tribe find the preacher near death, and bring him to Fort Gannon. Banner witnesses a telling conversation between the whiskey traders, and confronts the group, leading to a chase and shoot-out. Banner tricks the traders into shooting first, and captures them.
1959
An inspector for the Hudson Bay Company arrives, bringing his beautiful daughter Lady Anne. Banner immediately falls for her, but makes it clear that a relationship between a frontiersman and a lady would be inappropriate. Anne interjects herself in the midst of a trade between the HBC, Chief Lone Elk and his dangerous son Grey Hawk. Anne flirts with Grey Hawk openly, who has brought her flowers. This causes Lone Elk to assert he will only trade for Anne. After the failed trade, Grey Hawk kidnaps Anne and injures a HBC guard. Banner tricks the tribe into trading Anne back for three horses, by proving that Anne is completely worthless.
Top-rated
1959
Banner must deal with a romantic quadrangle - Colin Shaw lover Maggie MacGregor who is engaged to Maitland, an up-and-coming Hudson's Bay factor. Jack Cherry only wants to marry Maggie for commercial reasons - Maggie's father is an important businessman. He really loves a pretty Indian girl who he met during his days as a trapper. When Cherry is shot on the day of his wedding, Banner must find the culprit before his men take the law into their own hands.
1959
Banner and Falcon head to the Warrant family cabin; unknown to them, they are followed. Falcon is worried when he sees Sioux Indians running away from the Warrant's home, and insists that it is a sign of evil. When they arrive at the household, Buck Warrant and his young son Jeremy are bedridden with fever. Banner chastises Mrs. Warrant for telling the Sioux Indians about the fever, insisting that the tribe will react violently and try to burn down the cabin to prevent the disease from spreading. When the Indians attack, Banner figures out that the "fever" is actually being caused by Mrs. Warrant placing soap under the arms of her husband and son, in hopes that they will all move away to seek medical attention. He invites the Indians inside the household, telling them they have a powerful weapon against bad spirits, and demonstrates Mrs. Warrant trick. This episode is notable for being the first on-screen appearance of actor Michael Ontkean, who became famous for his role as Sheriff Harry S. Truman in Twin Peaks.
1959
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 and nearly falls into a trap, which results in heavy casualties among the company's men. When Banner refuses to apologize for his rashness to the governor, he gets sacked. After leaving the fort, Banner stumbles upon the drummer in the woods and learns that the young man plans to turn himself in to face the consequences of his desertion. Banner hatches a desperate plan for the two men to rescue the captive soldiers from the Indians camp to redeem themselves in the eyes of the authorities.
1959
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. His attempts elicit no reaction from Banner. Velvet calls Joanna to his quarters, and tells her he will spare Banner only if she agrees to go to Montreal with him. When Banner hears of Joanna's plans, he finally agrees to the duel. They duel at dawn, and Velvet shoots Banner in the shoulder, but Banner shoots Velvet fatally.
1959
Banner, Falcon and three other white men are held captive by Cree Indians. Chief Blood is convinced that one of the whites kidnapped and murdered an Indian girl. Since the girl's mother couldn't see well enough to identify the criminal, the Cree chief tells the men to discover which of them committed the crime or all five men will be executed at sunrise.
1959
Faced with a dwindling supply of furs to send to Great Britain, the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company desperately needs to create a relationship with the Blackfeet Indians who land contains untapped resources, but each trading party sent to treat with them is massacred. Factor Oglivie is convinced that he can make a treaty with the tribe to allow trappers to work in their lands, so Jonathan Banner is sent to evaluate the feasibility of his plan.
1959
A old man is found hunting in Hudson Bay Company territory by two thieves named Brockton and Ames, who pretend to be Hudson's Bay men and accuse him of poaching. They steal his pelts and then kill the old man. Jonathan Banner and Pierre Falcon investigate the murder, just as the murdered man's son arrives at the fort, demanding vengeance for his father in the name of God. Banner discovers the real killers by investigating recent transactions at local trading posts. They catch Brockton and Ames and bring them to justice, but the son is killed during the confrontation.
1959
After Martin and Harris have a tavern brawl over the affections of Little Dove, Harris is found dead with Martin's knife in his back. Banner believes that Martin may have been framed for the crime, but the only witness, the young Indian woman, has fled from the Hudson Bay Company fort. While Banner and Falcon search for her, Martin is tried, convicted and sentenced to hang.