Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

Action & AdventureWestern

Seasons

Ken-Tuck-E

1. Ken-Tuck-E

Air Date: 1964-09-24

George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.

Tekawitha McLeod

2. Tekawitha McLeod

Air Date: 1964-10-01

A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.

My Brother's Keeper

3. My Brother's Keeper

Air Date: 1964-10-08

Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....

The Family Fluellen

4. The Family Fluellen

Air Date: 1964-10-22

Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.

The Choosing

5. The Choosing

Air Date: 1964-10-29

British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.

Lac Duquesne

6. Lac Duquesne

Air Date: 1964-11-05

Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.

The Sound of Wings

7. The Sound of Wings

Air Date: 1964-11-12

A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.

A Short Walk to Salem

8. A Short Walk to Salem

Air Date: 1964-11-19

Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.

The Sisters O'Hannrahan

9. The Sisters O'Hannrahan

Air Date: 1964-12-03

Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.

Pompey

10. Pompey

Air Date: 1964-12-10

A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.

Mountain of the Dead

11. Mountain of the Dead

Air Date: 1964-12-17

A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.

Not in Our Stars

12. Not in Our Stars

Air Date: 1964-12-31

Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.

The Hostages

13. The Hostages

Air Date: 1965-01-07

Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.

The Returning

14. The Returning

Air Date: 1965-01-14

Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.

The Prophet

15. The Prophet

Air Date: 1965-01-21

A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.

The First Stone

16. The First Stone

Air Date: 1965-01-28

Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.

A Place of 1000 Spirits

17. A Place of 1000 Spirits

Air Date: 1965-02-04

While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.

The Sound of Fear

18. The Sound of Fear

Air Date: 1965-02-11

A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.

The Price of Friendship

19. The Price of Friendship

Air Date: 1965-02-18

Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.

The Quietists

20. The Quietists

Air Date: 1965-02-25

A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.

The Devil's Four

21. The Devil's Four

Air Date: 1965-03-04

Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.

The Reunion

22. The Reunion

Air Date: 1965-03-11

While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.

The Ben Franklin Encounter

23. The Ben Franklin Encounter

Air Date: 1965-03-18

Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.

Four-Leaf Clover

24. Four-Leaf Clover

Air Date: 1965-03-25

An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.

Cain's Birthday (1)

25. Cain's Birthday (1)

Air Date: 1965-04-01

Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men

Cain's Birthday (2)

26. Cain's Birthday (2)

Air Date: 1965-04-08

Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.

Daughter of the Devil

27. Daughter of the Devil

Air Date: 1965-04-15

A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.

Doll of Sorrow

28. Doll of Sorrow

Air Date: 1965-04-22

Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.

The Courtship of Jericho Jones

29. The Courtship of Jericho Jones

Air Date: 1965-04-29

Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.

Empire of the Lost

1. Empire of the Lost

Air Date: 1965-09-16

Boone returns from a solo expedition to find Boonesborough eerily empty. A corrupt British officer has kidnapped the settlers, including Boone's family, and forces them into unfriendly Chickesaw tribal lands with the intention of gaining personal control of the territory. He then captures Boone and demands that he sign away all rights to Boonesborough or watch his family and friends be turned over to the tribe. Boone manages to escape, but realizing he has no chance of freeing the captives on his own, he turns to a surprising source of help.

The Tortoise and the Hare

2. The Tortoise and the Hare

Air Date: 1965-09-23

Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.

The Mound Builders

3. The Mound Builders

Air Date: 1965-09-30

A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.

My Name Is Rawls

4. My Name Is Rawls

Air Date: 1965-10-07

Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.

The Old Man and the Cave

5. The Old Man and the Cave

Air Date: 1965-10-14

Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.

The Trek

6. The Trek

Air Date: 1965-10-21

Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.

The Aaron Burr Story

7. The Aaron Burr Story

Air Date: 1965-10-28

Aaron Burr, ex-Vice President, comes to Boonesborough to enlist Daniel to guide him on a long and dangerous journey to the west, but is vague about his reasons for the trek. When Daniel turns him down due to his unease about Burr's secretive intentions, Jericho blindly jumps at the chance to take the offer and earn a hefty fee. After Burr and Jericho leave, Daniel discovers Burr's true mission, and he and Mingo set out to intercept them and save Jericho from his own naivety.

Cry of Gold

8. Cry of Gold

Air Date: 1965-11-04

A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.

The Peace Tree

9. The Peace Tree

Air Date: 1965-11-11

A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.

The Thanksgiving Story

10. The Thanksgiving Story

Air Date: 1965-11-25

Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.

A Rope for Mingo

11. A Rope for Mingo

Air Date: 1965-12-02

Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.

The First Beau

12. The First Beau

Air Date: 1965-12-09

Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.

The Perilous Journey

13. The Perilous Journey

Air Date: 1965-12-16

Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.

The Christmas Story

14. The Christmas Story

Air Date: 1965-12-23

On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.

The Tamarack Massacre Affair

15. The Tamarack Massacre Affair

Air Date: 1965-12-30

The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.

Gabriel

16. Gabriel

Air Date: 1966-01-06

A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry.

Seminole Territory

17. Seminole Territory

Air Date: 1966-01-13

After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head.

The Deserter

18. The Deserter

Air Date: 1966-01-20

A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.

Crisis by Fire

19. Crisis by Fire

Air Date: 1966-01-27

A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.

The Gun

20. The Gun

Air Date: 1966-02-03

Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.

The Prisoners

21. The Prisoners

Air Date: 1966-02-10

Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.

The Fifth Man

22. The Fifth Man

Air Date: 1966-02-17

Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.

The Gun-Barrel Highway

23. The Gun-Barrel Highway

Air Date: 1966-02-24

Cassady was supposed to build a new road in the wilderness around Shawnee land. But when he decides there isn't enough time before winter to build the longer route, he decides to go straight through Shawnee land and into a possible war.

The Search

24. The Search

Air Date: 1966-03-03

An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.

Fifty Rifles

25. Fifty Rifles

Air Date: 1966-03-10

William Blunt, an old friend of Boone's, steals a wagon carrying fifty rifles and powder, which he intends to sell to the Shawnee. Daniel, along with Mingo and Jericho, must find Blunt and recover the rifles before a deal with the chief is made.

The Trap

26. The Trap

Air Date: 1966-03-17

Renegades take Israel hostage when they find him and injured Mingo in the forest.

The Accused

27. The Accused

Air Date: 1966-03-24

Mingo arranges a prison break to free Boone after a couple frames him for murder.

Cibola

28. Cibola

Air Date: 1966-03-31

A man finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold.

The High Cumberland (1)

29. The High Cumberland (1)

Air Date: 1966-04-14

On his way through Kentucky, Boone meets his future wife, makes an Indian friend and uncovers deception.

The High Cumberland (2)

30. The High Cumberland (2)

Air Date: 1966-04-21

Daniel Boone continues his trek to Kentucky. In the conclusion of this two-part episode detailing the early years of Daniel Boone's life he must lead a party of settlers through a canyon and take a stand against pursuers who want their precious supplies all the while defeating rival Jim Santee for the affections of one Rebecca Bryan

Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar

1. Dan'l Boone Shot a B'ar

Air Date: 1966-09-15

Boone faces a killer bear and the man who has sworn vengeance on the animal.

The Allegiances

2. The Allegiances

Air Date: 1966-09-22

Mingo struggles with his divided heritage when an Indian council announces the British will help recapture Indian land.

Goliath

3. Goliath

Air Date: 1966-09-29

Fearing three vengeful brothers, Otis spends money given to him for draft horses on a husky slave.

Grizzly

4. Grizzly

Air Date: 1966-10-06

Israel helps clear a wild-looking mountain man accused of murdering a man who refused to pay a debt.

First in War, First in Peace

5. First in War, First in Peace

Air Date: 1966-10-13

Washington visits in answer to a letter from Boone, who never wrote to him.

Run a Crooked Mile

6. Run a Crooked Mile

Air Date: 1966-10-20

Israel is taken captive so Boone will help steal a war hero s body and then extort money from the family.

The Matchmaker

7. The Matchmaker

Air Date: 1966-10-27

Boone and Mingo agree to transport an unwilling Creek princess to an arranged wedding with a Shawnee.

Onatha

8. Onatha

Air Date: 1966-11-03

Boone employs a mastodon s skeleton to fight two slave traders seeking runaway slaves.

The Loser's Race

9. The Loser's Race

Air Date: 1966-11-10

Daniel and the other settlers in Boonesborough will lose their land if they do not pay a new tax of one shilling per acre within two weeks. As Daniel is about to take the money to Williamsburg an old friend shows up offering to help.

The Enchanted Gun

10. The Enchanted Gun

Air Date: 1966-11-17

A Shawnee faces danger when he believes in the magic of a gun given to him by Boone for saving Israel s life.

Requiem for Craw Green

11. Requiem for Craw Green

Air Date: 1966-12-01

Mingo masquerades as white to help an Indian boy condemned by the bigoted head of a settlement.

The Lost Colony

12. The Lost Colony

Air Date: 1966-12-08

A buckskin-clad girl leads Boone to a lost colony of settlers in a valley feared by Indians.

River Passage

13. River Passage

Air Date: 1966-12-15

Boone fights a dishonest boatman and Shawnee to deliver gunpowder to Boonesborough.

When a King Is a Pawn

14. When a King Is a Pawn

Air Date: 1966-12-22

Boone and Israel foil a plot to grab a French prince and send him back to a revolutionary tribunal.

The Symbol

15. The Symbol

Air Date: 1966-12-29

An impoverished nobleman acquires the Liberty Bell and decides to sell it to the British.

The Williamsburg Cannon (1)

16. The Williamsburg Cannon (1)

Air Date: 1967-01-12

Virginia's governor, Patrick Henry, assigns Daniel to escort a somewhat nervous artillery captain and his cannon through hostile territory, and the fact that the cannon is large and hard to maneuver is making the journey more difficult.

The Williamsburg Cannon (2)

17. The Williamsburg Cannon (2)

Air Date: 1967-01-19

Virginia's governor Patrick Henry assigns Daniel to escort a somewhat nervous artillery captain and his cannon through hostile territory, and the fact that the cannon is large and hard to maneuver is making the journey more difficult.

The Wolf Man

18. The Wolf Man

Air Date: 1967-01-26

As Boonesborough awaits a slavery vote, a frontiersman struggles to protect his pet wolf from townspeople.

The Jasper Ledbedder Story

19. The Jasper Ledbedder Story

Air Date: 1967-02-02

Daniel and Mingo find an old colonist named Jasper Ledbedder who claims that Native Americans abducted his wife and child after his party had a massacre. They agree to help him, even though they suspect his story is not entirely true.

When I Became a Man, I Put Away Childish Things

20. When I Became a Man, I Put Away Childish Things

Air Date: 1967-02-09

Israel runs away with his pet fawn when Boone says the destructive animal, too tame to set free, must be killed.

The Long Way Home

21. The Long Way Home

Air Date: 1967-02-16

Boone sets out to recapture a prisoner, an educated black accused of murdering an Indian chief.

The Young Ones

22. The Young Ones

Air Date: 1967-02-23

An orphan, determined to keep his family together, causes trouble for rescuer Boone.

Delo Jones

23. Delo Jones

Air Date: 1967-03-02

A fugitive from Virginia, Delo Jones, comes to Boonesborough ahead of a British contingent determined to arrest him for a murder. Daniel believes he may be innocent and plans a trap to catch the real killer.

The Necklace

24. The Necklace

Air Date: 1967-03-09

A dying man confesses to murder and theft, producing a pearl necklace as proof, and tells of the innocent man to be hanged for his crimes. Against townsfolks' wishes, Daniel takes the necklace to New Orleans to secure the freedom of the accused man.

Fort West Point

25. Fort West Point

Air Date: 1967-03-23

Boone and Mingo try to stop the commandant of West Point from selling the fort to the British.

Bitter Mission

26. Bitter Mission

Air Date: 1967-03-30

A traitor's plan to profit from war with the Spanish backfires.

Take the Southbound Stage

27. Take the Southbound Stage

Air Date: 1967-04-06

Rebecca decides to help Boone rescue President John Adams from kidnappers.

The Fallow Land

28. The Fallow Land

Air Date: 1967-04-13

After fur-trappers break a treaty, a Cherokee chief s hotheaded son tries to start a war.

The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee

1. The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee

Air Date: 1967-09-14

Boone and wounded Mingo ask a river pirate to help retrieve furs from a thief.

The Ordeal of Israel Boone

2. The Ordeal of Israel Boone

Air Date: 1967-09-21

Israel must call upon all he has learned to save Boone from a rattlesnake bite.

The Renegade

3. The Renegade

Air Date: 1967-09-28

An Indian jailed for murder escapes and comes to take revenge on witness Boone and recover his son from settlers.

Tanner

4. Tanner

Air Date: 1967-10-05

Israel helps a starving outcast who is haunted by memories of the Shawnee murdering his parents.

Beaumarchais

5. Beaumarchais

Air Date: 1967-10-12

Boone guides a French ally, masquerading as an actor, who is traveling to Roanoke to buy guns for the Continental Army.

The King's Shilling

6. The King's Shilling

Air Date: 1967-10-19

A father takes a soldier hostage to force British troops to free his rebel son.

The Inheritance

7. The Inheritance

Air Date: 1967-10-26

Strange happenings greet Rebecca and Israel when they visit a seaside house left to Rebecca by her uncle.

The Traitor

8. The Traitor

Air Date: 1967-11-02

Sentenced to death by the British, Boone will be spared if he rescues a colonel s daughter from Shawnee.

The Value of a King

9. The Value of a King

Air Date: 1967-11-09

A slavehunter chains Boone with a group of escaped slaves then is attacked by Shawnee.

The Desperate Raid

10. The Desperate Raid

Air Date: 1967-11-16

Boone teaches a lieutenant about backwoods fighting during an attack on a British cannon installation.

The Spanish Horse

11. The Spanish Horse

Air Date: 1967-11-23

A boy, whose father was killed by Indians, faces the loss of his beloved horse.

Chief Mingo

12. Chief Mingo

Air Date: 1967-12-07

The murder of a Cherokee chief, perhaps by a bigoted trapper, makes Mingo temporary head of the tribe.

The Secret Code

13. The Secret Code

Air Date: 1967-12-14

Ottawas capture Boone while he is trying to free a code expert from the British, then plan to torture him to death.

A Matter of Blood

14. A Matter of Blood

Air Date: 1967-12-28

A Delaware, raised by a white planter, must prove herself a worthy tribal leader.

The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart

15. The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart

Air Date: 1968-01-04

A crow switches a rock for Israel s silver coin and leads him to a pirate seeking treasure.

The Imposter

16. The Imposter

Air Date: 1968-01-18

Mingo masquerades as a British major to steal a shipment of rapid-firing rifles.

The Witnesses

17. The Witnesses

Air Date: 1968-01-25

A killer terrorizes witnesses Israel and friends into silence.

The Flaming Rocks

18. The Flaming Rocks

Air Date: 1968-02-01

Daniel, Mingo, and Jeremiah encounter the Garth family, whose patriarch is forcing the local Indians to mine coal. The chief of the Tuscarora threatens to kill them all if Daniel doesn't intervene and stop him.

Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away?

19. Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away?

Air Date: 1968-02-08

Israel befriends an accused British mutineer pursued by a shipmate sought for two murders.

The Spanish Fort

20. The Spanish Fort

Air Date: 1968-02-15

Boone lets the Spanish capture him as part of a plan to blow up a partially completed Virginia fort.

Hero's Welcome

21. Hero's Welcome

Air Date: 1968-02-22

Boone helps an old friend who lost his son because his neighbors think him a coward.

Orlando, the Prophet

22. Orlando, the Prophet

Air Date: 1968-02-29

The Boones befriend a scheming medicine man's Gypsy bond-servant.

The Far Side of Fury

23. The Far Side of Fury

Air Date: 1968-03-07

Believing his son dead, Gideon takes revenge on Boone by stealing Israel.

Nightmare

24. Nightmare

Air Date: 1968-03-14

The Boone family is on the trail when they are beset by a rogue group of hostile Indians. When Daniel is captured Israel must find a way to rescue him.

Thirty Pieces of Silver

25. Thirty Pieces of Silver

Air Date: 1968-03-28

A wagon load of guns is headed for Boonesborough with Daniel and Mingo in charge. An outlaw named Dekker plans to steal the wagon using information bought from Amos Fargo. Unknown to Fargo, his sister is traveling with Boone.

Faith's Way

26. Faith's Way

Air Date: 1968-04-04

A local woman is looked upon suspiciously by the townspeople because of her "different" ways.

Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women

1. Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women

Air Date: 1968-09-19

Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.

The Blackbirder

2. The Blackbirder

Air Date: 1968-10-03

A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave.

The Dandy

3. The Dandy

Air Date: 1968-10-10

Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than the painting the young man seems most interested in. Daniel and the young man both get more than they were bargaining for in the process.

The Fleeing Nuns

4. The Fleeing Nuns

Air Date: 1968-10-24

On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.

The Plague That Came to Ford's Run

5. The Plague That Came to Ford's Run

Air Date: 1968-10-31

Josh returns to his hometown to visit a friend but finds the community a wreck and his friend missing.

The Bait

6. The Bait

Air Date: 1968-11-07

A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.

Big, Black and Out There

7. Big, Black and Out There

Air Date: 1968-11-14

A former slave, adopted by Indians, terrorizes and robs Boonesborough.

Flag of Truce

8. Flag of Truce

Air Date: 1968-11-21

An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.

The Valley of the Sun

9. The Valley of the Sun

Air Date: 1968-11-28

While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.

The Patriot

10. The Patriot

Air Date: 1968-12-05

John Gist had gone to Canada rather than fight the British. Now, after American independence, he wants to come back and live again on his land. Daniel is caught in the middle trying to help his friend against those who see him as a traitor.

The Return of Sidewinder

11. The Return of Sidewinder

Air Date: 1968-12-12

Highwaymen - known as "buckaroos" - are robbing people around Boonesborough. After the British offer a rich reward for their capture, Daniel discovers the man responsible is an old adversary from a time when he and Mingo were robbed.

Minnow for a Shark

12. Minnow for a Shark

Air Date: 1969-01-02

Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.

To Slay a Giant

13. To Slay a Giant

Air Date: 1969-01-09

Gideon is accused of murdering Cyrus Blake and his revenge minded brother, Enoch, is determined to hang him now rather than wait for a trial.

A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely

14. A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely

Air Date: 1969-01-16

Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy, caught between an overprotective mother and an overly macho father, really needs.

Copperhead Izzy

15. Copperhead Izzy

Air Date: 1969-01-30

Israel is abducted and forced to live with a group of street urchins who work as pickpockets. With Daniel away on business, Rebecca and her uncle Brian have to find Israel and rescue the other children.

Three Score and Ten

16. Three Score and Ten

Air Date: 1969-02-06

An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.

Jonah

17. Jonah

Air Date: 1969-02-13

Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah refuses to fight, Josh must take his place and try to win the bet.

Bickford's Bridge

18. Bickford's Bridge

Air Date: 1969-02-20

Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.

A Touch of Charity

19. A Touch of Charity

Air Date: 1969-02-27

To help out Jimmy McGill, a penniless young man swindled in a land deal, Daniel offers him a piece of land to be paid for over time. When Amos Brown's daughter Charity, betrothed to another, is attracted to Jimmy, Brown forbids her to see him and moves up her wedding to a local man. To claim Charity before she weds the other man, McGill decides to make a fortune overnight.

For Want of a Hero

20. For Want of a Hero

Air Date: 1969-03-06

On their way back home Daniel and his family plan to stop at a fort for the night. When they arrive they find it has been destroyed by Indians with only a few survivors. The surviving soldiers seem to be hiding some kind of secret.

Love and Equity

21. Love and Equity

Air Date: 1969-03-13

In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused of fraud and even witchcraft.

The Allies

22. The Allies

Air Date: 1969-03-27

Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the British are taking, but on their way their horses are stolen by a vagabond family of three. When they catch the trio they decide to take them along, though they're not sure they can trust the crafty patriarch of the clan.

A Man Before His Time

23. A Man Before His Time

Air Date: 1969-04-03

A fugitive is being tracked through the woods where he is killed in a confrontation. The man's only son is now an orphan and, after Daniel takes him back to town, plots revenge against them.

For a Few Rifles

24. For a Few Rifles

Air Date: 1969-04-10

A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief to try to work something out, he says he will give the man the land if the tribe gets twenty rifles. When Daniel refuses this offer, he finds out that Israel has been taken hostage in exchange for the rifles. While being held Israel meets a crippled and bitter Shawnee youth.

Sweet Molly Malone

25. Sweet Molly Malone

Air Date: 1969-04-17

Sgt. Malone is a hard drinking, pipe smoking veteran of the war. The Sgt. is also a woman, which puts her at odds with the town folk. Rebecca decides she needs a man and matches her with a peddler who once fought with the Hessians.

A Pinch of Salt

26. A Pinch of Salt

Air Date: 1969-05-01

While on a surveying mission for the Continental Congress, Daniel and David get caught in the middle of a dispute between two women and a man bent on destroying their salt mine operation.

A Very Small Rifle

1. A Very Small Rifle

Air Date: 1969-09-18

A young Cherokee boy is shot and is near death. Daniel Boone must find out who shot the boy in order to head off the angry Cherokee tribe from retaliating against everyone, killing many innocent people.

The Road to Freedom

2. The Road to Freedom

Air Date: 1969-10-02

A runaway slave and his son are on the run from three bounty hunters. When the father breaks his leg the son continues on and turns to Israel and Ben for help.

Benvenuto... Who?

3. Benvenuto... Who?

Air Date: 1969-10-09

Visiting New Orleans to sell the furs they've trapped, Daniel and Josh become mixed up with a beautiful French jewel thief who is attempting to double-cross the rest of her gang. The gullible Josh falls for the scheming woman's charms, which allows her to hide the stolen bauble inside his guitar.

The Man

4. The Man

Air Date: 1969-10-16

A former slave, now a chief of the Tuscarora, helps Daniel lead a ragtag group of soldiers on an operation against the British.

The Printing Press

5. The Printing Press

Air Date: 1969-10-23

Daniel and Israel Boone visit Benjamin Franklin at his home in Philadelphia. While there, they are forced to match wits with the British Army.

The Traitor

6. The Traitor

Air Date: 1969-10-30

The British commander of Fort Detroit will turn over the fort's defense plan if the Americans will reunite him with his wife. Daniel and Cully escort her back to him but Daniel doubts the Colonel's willingness to be a traitor.

The Grand Alliance

7. The Grand Alliance

Air Date: 1969-11-13

Josh and Gabe are captured by a Spanish officer who tells them another Spanish officer is secretly building a base from which he intends to invade the U.S. He asks them to infiltrate the fort and steal his plans to prevent another war.

Target Boone

8. Target Boone

Air Date: 1969-11-20

Daniel and his family find themselves being continually terrorized by an old man and his sons. The old man blames Boone for the death of his wife and for leaving him crippled, even though Daniel has no memory of ever meeting him.

A Bearskin for Jamie Blue

9. A Bearskin for Jamie Blue

Air Date: 1969-11-27

While trading furs Daniel acquires an indentured servant who was born in prison and has never been free. Daniel intends to release him from service but the young man has trouble adjusting to his new life.

The Cache

10. The Cache

Air Date: 1969-12-04

When a trapper is murdered Josh is fingered as the killer. Daniel encourages him to surrender with the idea that the real killers will be easier to catch once he is in custody. But will Josh be hanged before they're caught?

The Terrible Tarbots

11. The Terrible Tarbots

Air Date: 1969-12-11

While transporting a box filled with gold for the Continental army, Daniel is beset upon by thieves. Complicating matters is that Israel is taken hostage as protection from Daniel while they lug the gold over the mountains.

Hannah Comes Home

12. Hannah Comes Home

Air Date: 1969-12-25

A woman long thought dead is discovered by Daniel living with the Chickasaw. Daniel tells her her husband is still alive and that she should come back. She does, but her husband has trouble accepting her Indian son.

An Angel Cried

13. An Angel Cried

Air Date: 1970-01-08

Josh discovers that an Indian party has burned down a mission with the only surviving nun hiding in a root cellar. They struggle to elude the Indians until help can finally arrive and save them.

Perilous Passage

14. Perilous Passage

Air Date: 1970-01-15

Daniel and Gabe become prisoners of the British after blowing up an important bridge. After escaping custody with another prisoner, they slowly work their way home through enemy territory. But they may be pawns in a larger plan.

The Sunshine Patriots

15. The Sunshine Patriots

Air Date: 1970-01-22

Josh and Gabe are sent to Yorktown to intercept the arrival of Sir Peacham, an eccentric inventor, who is employed by the British but secretly sympathetic to the Americans. Josh and Gabe's mission is complicated by his daughter's intrigues.

Mama Cooper

16. Mama Cooper

Air Date: 1970-02-05

Gabe encounters a child with a doll that he believes could have only been made by his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, and sets out to find her.

Before the Tall Man

17. Before the Tall Man

Air Date: 1970-02-12

Rebecca decides to play matchmaker to Tom and Nancy, two people Daniel doesn't think go together. Considering how much they fight each other he might be right. But Rebecca thinks she knows better.

Run for the Money

18. Run for the Money

Air Date: 1970-02-19

Cincinnatus thinks he has found the fastest runner around and brings him to Boonesborough for a big race. His dream for success is complicated when another unknown runner enters the race and that the runners have a scheme of their own.

A Matter of Vengeance

19. A Matter of Vengeance

Air Date: 1970-02-26

A man who lost his parents years before blames a scarred stranger.

The Landlords

20. The Landlords

Air Date: 1970-03-05

Boone poses as a pirate to outwit a swindler who sold simpleton brothers a deed to Boonesborough

Readin', Ritin', and Revolt

21. Readin', Ritin', and Revolt

Air Date: 1970-03-12

Israel joins forces with an Indian classmate to force the teaching of a course in Indian culture.

Noblesse Oblige

22. Noblesse Oblige

Air Date: 1970-03-26

A cook posing as a French prince falls in love in Boonesborough;

L'Épreuve d'Israël Boone

23. L'Épreuve d'Israël Boone

Air Date: 1970-04-09

Israel befriends an elderly Indian plotting revenge for his tribe s near-extinction.

Bringing Up Josh

24. Bringing Up Josh

Air Date: 1970-04-16

While in New Orleans with Daniel, Josh 'inherits' two abandoned children from a poor widow. Unwilling to leave them to become orphans, he takes them with him back home only to find caring for two kids is a lot harder than he thought.

How to Become a Goddess

25. How to Become a Goddess

Air Date: 1970-04-30

Two inept brothers stumble into the middle of an Indian religious ceremony. Desperate to save their lives, they promise to bring back a woman whose hair is like fire, a description that conveniently describes Rebecca Boone.

Israel and Love

26. Israel and Love

Air Date: 1970-05-07

Israel finds first love with the daughter of a flamboyant woodcarver.

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Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

1964-09-24

Episodes

165 (6 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television