The scene is a river boat in Dakota Territory. Bat is carrying $10,000. Passengers are forced to check their guns, and a band of thieves who has taken over the boat steals the money from him. The thieves are headed by Jacques Albuchon. They also rob the rest of the passengers. Some of the others are in favor of rushing him, but Bat cautions otherwise. He trips one of them to stop him from doing something rash, and hits it off with his beautiful sister. One of the passengers is afraid Aubuchon will find his shipment of fine cheeses, and Bat pretends they are his and lets one of the gang know about them. He goes straight to Albuchon, who is fond of fine food. Bat hides in the barrel where the cheeses were supposed to be.
At a landing, Albuchon unloads the boat, and takes some of the women as hostages to make sure they will not be pursued. They let them out after a while and let them hike back. Then Albuchon has the barrel opened, which supposedly contained the cheeses. Albuchon had been counting on them. Bat had gotten out of the barrel and is now hiding in the wagon, and comes out at night. He sets some bread dough on the back of the wagon so its aroma will get to Albuchon. It does. He comes to investigate, and Bat knocks him out, then takes the rest of the gang. Albuchon is relegated to a deck hand on the river boat.
Aubuchon
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