Silver Trails (1948)

Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsay and Sturgis Jimmy is accused of the crime by Jose Esteban but the latters rich uncle Don Esteban clears his friend Jimmy Jose accuses the the settlers led by John Chambers of confiscating the land of the native Californians through murder and theft Actually surveyor Willard Jackson is making forged copies of stolen landgrant papers after his men have killed the rightful owners Playing both ends against the middle Ramsay urges Chambers and his daughter Diane to drive off the Californians