Sham Sheriff Walt tells kids that nothing should stop a law officer from fighting for law and order. But when storekeeper Wayne is kidnapped, Walt won't shoot to free, shocking the kids. Walt tracks the bandits who use Wayne as a shield. Rushing, Walt plows into them as Wayne fights bound. Together they parade the captured bandits past the grinning kids.
In the Pacific Northwest, Flaming Spear is a new shaman casting prophecies about Strong Bow's death: trampled by buffalo in a canyon, drowned by a flash flood. Strong Bow shoots an arrow-ladder to escape the canyon, and rides a king salmon to safety. He suspects Flaming Spear wants war between the Yakima and Salish tribes, and makes a daring rope-swing and ski ride to the Salish to break the prophecies. Peace is declared as Flaming Spear is punished.
Blaze, Foley's favorite mount, is retired to pasture, but misses his master. When Foley fails to return on a younger horse, Blaze jumps the fence and finds master and new mount injured in a canyon from a fall. Blaze hauls Foley to freedom, then makes a daring race through a Cheyenne camp to warn the fort of a raid. The Cheyenne are routed in time and Blaze reinstated as Foley's horse.
Johnny Thunder watches Father-Son contests at the fair, but has no son to partner with. Not so, as Swift Deer "adopts" JT for the day as his father! They flub at the Sack Race, Peanut Race, and Three-Legged Race with handcuffed ankles. But gunfire erupts in town as bandits loot the bank! Johnny and Swift Deer, ankle-cuffed together, ride Lightning into the midst of bandits and cannon into them like twin missiles. And win a special "Father and Son Crime-Fighting Team" award!