Daniel Boone season 1 A Short Walk to Salem - Metacritic

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TV-PG
NBC
Nov 19, 1964
1 h

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NBC
Nov 19, 1964
1 h

Daniel Boone

Summary Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Native Americans, just before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Aiding him during the run of the series are his lovely wife, Rebecca, precocious son, Israel, Oxford educated half-breed Mingo, former slave Gabe...

Directed By: Harry Harris

Written By: John Hawkins

TV-PG
NBC
Nov 19, 1964
1 h

TV-PG
NBC
Nov 19, 1964
1 h

S1 • Episode 8

A Short Walk to Salem

Air Date: Nov 19, 1964

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Summary Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Native Americans, just before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Aiding him during the run of the series are his lovely wife, Rebecca, precocious son, Israel, Oxford educated half-breed Mingo, former slave Gabe...

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Episode 1 • Sep 24, 1964 • 1 h

Episode 2 • Oct 1, 1964 • 1 h

Tekawitha McLeod

Episode 3 • Oct 8, 1964 • 1 h

My Brother's Keeper

Episode 4 • Oct 15, 1964 • 1 h

The Family Fluellen

As Daniel and Yadkin try to find the latest poachers, they meet a Welsh widow with three children who is determined to settle in Shawnee territory in spite of the fact that the tribe has been hostile to settlers in the recent past.

Episode 5 • Oct 29, 1964 • 1 h

Daniel and Jemima have planned a pleasant father daughter outing in the wilderness, but things take a nightmarish turn when Daniel accidentally cuts himself with an axe and a band of Native Americans kidnaps his daughter.

Episode 6 • Nov 5, 1964 • 1 h

Episode 7 • Nov 12, 1964 • 1 h

The Sound of Wings

Episode 8 • Nov 19, 1964 • 1 h

A Short Walk to Salem

Episode 9 • Dec 3, 1964 • 1 h

The Sisters O'Hannrahan

After Daniel unwittingly wins the services of two indentured servants for three years, Rebecca moves them into the cabin. Finding this intolerable, Daniel tries to find husbands for the young women.

Episode 10 • Dec 10, 1964 • 1 h

Daniel runs afoul of Carolina law when he helps Pompey, a runaway slave, remove his leg iron and refuses to turn him over to Calhoun, the bond servant in charge of him.

Episode 11 • Dec 17, 1964 • 1 h

Mountain of the Dead

Russell who has conspired with MacAnders to hide the payroll of massacred British unit arrives from England, kills MacAnders and enlists Daniel to take him and two others to the massacre site while Daniel is visited by MacAnders' ghost.

Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1964 • 1 h

Not in Our Stars

A British patrol arrives at Boonesborough and announces that all land in the area belongs to the crown colony of Virginia and anyone living there is a trespasser and has 10 days to leave.

Episode 13 • Jan 7, 1965 • 1 h

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.

Episode 14 • Jan 14, 1965 • 1 h

Will Cary, an old acquaintance of Daniel, visits Boonesborough. Dan is pleased to see him, but concerns are raised at Will's activities and where he managed to find so many good trading pelts.

Episode 15 • Jan 21, 1965 • 1 h

A prophet from the northern tribes arrives in the area asking the local tribes to join in war against the settlers. The tribes refuse until the man offers to kill Daniel Boone as a sign of his power.

Episode 16 • Jan 28, 1965 • 1 h

The First Stone

Episode 17 • Feb 4, 1965 • 1 h

A Place of 1000 Spirits

A British officer is kidnapped by a group of Shawnee Indians intent on revenge because of his involvement in a massacre. He escapes and Boone finds him and gets involved in reconciling enormous hatred on both sides.

Episode 18 • Feb 11, 1965 • 1 h

The Sound of Fear

Daniel and Mingo come across the massacre of a Cherokee camp. Mingo is outraged but Boone calms him enough to focus on seeking these men out and bringing them to justice before Cherokee warriors extract their revenge.

Episode 19 • Feb 18, 1965 • 1 h

The Price of Friendship

Daniel Boone is robbed of his belongings on the trail after seeing the need for rescuing a young boy. Boone escapes and then goes on the hunt for the people that attacked him.

Episode 20 • Feb 25, 1965 • 1 h

A family of Quakers moves into the area, but refuses to arm themselves against an imminent attack by Cherokees. Their beliefs are sorely tested when the son is attacked and the daughter kidnapped.

Episode 21 • Mar 4, 1965 • 1 h

The Devil's Four

Yadkin rounds up and secures the release of four criminals who must now assist Daniel in transporting wagons of weapons from the Carolinas to Kentucky across turf ruled by a merciless criminal gang.

Episode 22 • Mar 11, 1965 • 1 h

Episode 23 • Mar 18, 1965 • 1 h

The Ben Franklin Encounter

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.

Episode 24 • Mar 25, 1965 • 1 h

Four-Leaf Clover

A bumbling school teacher has come to Boonesborough with the deadly Shawnee hot on his heals. To make matters worse, the town is nearly out of gunpowder.

Episode 25 • Apr 1, 1965 • 1 h

Cain's Birthday: Part 1

A French officer named Michelet conspires with the various Indian tribes to lay siege to Boonesborough. The Indians appear to have overwhelming numbers and the cutoff townspeople are desperately short on supplies.

Episode 26 • Apr 8, 1965 • 1 h

Cain's Birthday: Part 2

Boone and the people of Boonesborough hole up in the fort using every means possible to fend off the attacking Indians while hoping that a promised British relief force will reach them before it's too late.

Episode 27 • Apr 15, 1965 • 1 h

Daughter of the Devil

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.

Episode 28 • Apr 22, 1965 • 1 h

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.

Episode 29 • Apr 29, 1965 • 1 h

The Courtship of Jericho Jones

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.

6 Seasons

Top Cast

Fess Parker

Daniel Boone

Patricia Blair

Rebecca Boone, Rebecca Brian, Rebecca

Darby Hinton

Israel Boone, Israel

Dal McKennon

Cincinnatus

Ed Ames

Mingo, Taramingo

Veronica Cartwright

Jemima Boone

Albert Salmi

Yadkin

Roosevelt Grier

Gabe Cooper

Jimmy Dean

Josh Clements, Jeremiah, Delo Jones

Ted White

Aweetok, Captain Harper, Carata

Robert Logan

Jericho Jones

Orville Sherman

Tupper, Buckman Tull, Will Camfield

James Wainwright

Cully

William Tannen

Calvin Moss, Clark, Ben Clark, John, Trapper

Harold Goodwin

Grover Hanks, David, Evans, Harper, Loomis, Second Man

Warren Vanders

Ben, Ben Crowley, Pike

Med Flory

Bingen, Dobbs, Joker, Jubal, Luke

Jack Bannon

British Guard, Corporal, Corporal Smythe, Larkin, Lieutenant Parker, Lieutenant Poole, Officer

Charles Horvath

Brave #1, Callaway, Eric Strasser, First Indian, Lonesome Joe, Luther Wills, Pike

Chuck Roberson

Dutch, Dark Panther, Lige Henry, Ruffian, Shawnee Leader

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