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  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 14, 1965
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  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 14, 1965
  • 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: George Marshall

Written By: Walter Black

  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 14, 1965
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 14, 1965
  • 1 h
Daniel Boone
S2 • Episode 5
The Old Man and the Cave
Air Date: Oct 14, 1965
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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...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 16, 1965 • 1 h
Empire of the Lost
Daniel is told he must sign away his Boonesborough property to free his family and others held hostage on Chickasaw lands by British forces.
Episode 2 • Sep 23, 1965 • 1 h
The Tortoise and the Hare
All bets are on Daniel to win the big footrace, but when he gets injured it is up to Jericho Jones to fill Daniel's shoes.
Episode 3 • Sep 30, 1965 • 1 h
The Mound Builders
Episode 4 • Oct 7, 1965 • 1 h
My Name Is Rawls
When trappers have their furs stolen, Daniel sets out to find the thief and make things right.
Episode 5 • Oct 14, 1965 • 1 h
The Old Man and the Cave
Israel learns a lesson about Indian rituals when he finds an old man in a cave and brings him home.
Episode 6 • Oct 21, 1965 • 1 h
The Trek
Daniel accepts the task of finding and transporting a wanted man to justice.
Episode 7 • Oct 28, 1965 • 1 h
The Aaron Burr Story
Episode 8 • Nov 4, 1965 • 1 h
Cry of Gold
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.
Episode 9 • Nov 11, 1965 • 1 h
The Peace Tree
Highlander settlers begin building a settlement on land that belongs to the Cherokee, threatening the peace. Daniel tries to mediate but finds the Highlander's leader is unwilling to negotiate with "savages".
Episode 10 • Nov 25, 1965 • 1 h
The Thanksgiving Story
Episode 11 • Dec 2, 1965 • 50 m
A Rope for Mingo
A family in route to Boonesborough is slaughtered and clues point to Mingo as the killer. Daniel must find the real killer before a lynch mob finds Mingo.
Episode 12 • Dec 9, 1965 • 1 h
The First Beau
Two grifters arrive at Boonesborough looking for their next victims. One sets his eye on another new arrival, an old blind man with gold. His younger companion becomes more interested in Jemima Boone.
Episode 13 • Dec 16, 1965 • 1 h
Perilous Journey
Episode 14 • Dec 23, 1965 • 1 h
The Christmas Story
Just before Christmas a blizzard drives everyone from their homes to the safety of Boonesborough. Tempers are as short as food when an Indian couple, about to have a baby at any time, show up seeking shelter.
Episode 15 • Dec 30, 1965 • 1 h
The Tamarack Massacre Affair
Mingo finds a woman, who claims she is the sole survivor of an Indian massacre, wondering alone in the wilderness. Daniel, Mingo, and a Capt. Ives agree to escort her back to safety but they soon discover she has a hidden agenda.
Episode 16 • Jan 6, 1966 • 1 h
Gabriel
Daniel and Mingo are taken prisoner by a Spanish officer named de Vaca while on a trip out West. De Vaca mistakes Daniel for someone named Gabriel. After he discovers his error, he forces Daniel to track Gabriel by holding Mingo prisoner.
Episode 17 • Jan 13, 1966 • 1 h
Seminole Territory
Daniel and Mingo travel to Florida and meet a traveling magician named Cameron. His illusions impress the Seminole's chief who considers him a god. Cameron then tries to use the same tricks to win over other tribes-hoping to rule them all.
Episode 18 • Jan 20, 1966 • 1 h
The Deserter
Episode 19 • Jan 27, 1966 • 1 h
Crisis by Fire
Col. Barr, recently court-martialed in Virginia, comes to Boonesborough to start over. When Mingo finds an Indian baby with smallpox, which threatens everyone with an epidemic, Barr uses it as an excuse to seize power while Daniel is away.
Episode 20 • Feb 3, 1966 • 1 h
The Gun
Episode 21 • Feb 10, 1966 • 1 h
The Prisoner
Episode 22 • Feb 17, 1966 • 1 h
The Fifth Man
Episode 23 • Feb 24, 1966 • 1 h
Gun-Barrel Highway
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.
Episode 24 • Mar 3, 1966 • 1 h
The Search
Episode 25 • Mar 10, 1966 • 1 h
Fifty Rifles
Episode 26 • Mar 17, 1966 • 1 h
The Trap
A group of renegade scalp-hunters led by Rafe Todd robs Boone's cabin and heads upriver. When Daniel finds out, he goes after the men because Mingo and Israel are also upriver retrieving a cache of furs.
Episode 27 • Mar 24, 1966 • 1 h
The Accused
In Mecklenburg, Daniel is accused of killing the man to whom he sold his furs and is promptly jailed. Mingo frees him and the two set out to find the real killer and why Daniel was set up.
Episode 28 • Mar 31, 1966 • 1 h
Cibola
Daniel and Mingo find an old man and a small boy while fur trapping. The boy speaks no English and says one word,"Cibola". The old man believes the boy is named for-and knows the location of-the legendary lost city of gold.
Episode 29 • Apr 14, 1966 • 1 h
The High Cumberland: Part 1
Episode 30 • Apr 21, 1966 • 1 h
The High Cumberland: Part 2
Daniel Boone continues his trek to Kentucky.
6 Seasons

Top Cast

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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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