Kit escorts Senator Folwer, his ex-commanding officer in the army to Monterey, after an attempt is made on his life. Meanwhile, El Toro tries to re-kindle an old flame.

Carson is asked by a sheriff to guard a captured bank robber and the recovered loot, while his gang plots tricks and deceptions to free him.

An outlaw comes out of hiding when it appears his wife and son are in danger.

Kit Carson trails a gang that uses counterfeit money to buy land from unsuspecting victims, kill them, and then use the same phony bills again.