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  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1968
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1968
  • 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: Fess Parker

Written By: Harold Medford

  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1968
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1968
  • 1 h
Daniel Boone
S5 • Episode 5
The Plague That Came to Ford's Run
Air Date: Oct 31, 1968
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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 19, 1968 • 1 h
Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women
When Josh tries to play a trick on a friend at an auction, he accidentally wins, and finds himself stuck with the one thing he can't handle - an indentured servant who happens to be a very attractive young woman.
Episode 2 • Oct 3, 1968 • 1 h
The Blackbirder
Daniel and Cincinnatus follow the trail of their friend Gideon who has been kidnapped by a ruthless bounty hunter with plans of selling him at auction.
Episode 3 • Oct 10, 1968 • 1 h
The Dandy
Daniel's friend asks him to take his pampered son into the wild so he can learn important lessons. Daniel reluctantly agrees, but the young man and he have very different ideas about their mission and soon find themselves in mortal danger.
Episode 4 • Oct 24, 1968 • 1 h
The Fleeing Nuns
Daniel, Josh, and Mason come across two nuns, only to discover that they are actually a young French countess and her aide, who are fleeing a group of revolutionaries who want the young woman dead.
Episode 5 • Oct 31, 1968 • 1 h
The Plague That Came to Ford's Run
Josh stumbles upon a dark secret when he travels to a small village in search of a German guitar maker.
Episode 6 • Nov 7, 1968 • 1 h
The Bait
While on the road to Richmond Daniel is robbed by a pair of highwaymen, one of whom is a woman. Once free Daniel and a fellow traveler, a constable, set off in pursuit.
Episode 7 • Nov 14, 1968 • 1 h
Big, Black and Out There
Daniel and Gideon capture a man they believe is the "black Indian" possibly responsible for attacking and robbing two Boonesborough settlers. He claims to be an escaped slave allied with Indians, but Boone wonders about parts of his story.
Episode 8 • Nov 21, 1968 • 1 h
Flag of Truce
The US Government wants to negotiate a right of passage through Wyandot land. Daniel agrees to help by escorting his friend Chief Campuits to Gen. Grosscup. But once in the fort Grosscup double crosses Boone and throws them both into jail.
Episode 9 • Nov 28, 1968 • 1 h
Valley of the Sun
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.
Episode 10 • Dec 5, 1968 • 1 h
The Patriot
John Gist returns from Canada after fleeing the war effort against the British. He wants to live in peace with old friends, but his neighbors won't welcome a traitor. Gist's friend Daniel Boone is caught in between.
Episode 11 • Dec 12, 1968 • 1 h
The Return of the Sidewinder
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.
Episode 12 • Jan 2, 1969 • 1 h
Minnow for a Shark
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. Jonas.
Episode 13 • Jan 9, 1969 • 1 h
To Slay a Giant
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.
Episode 14 • Jan 16, 1969 • 1 h
A Tall Tale of Prater Beaseley
Episode 15 • Jan 30, 1969 • 1 h
Copperhead Izzy
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.
Episode 16 • Feb 6, 1969 • 1 h
Three Score and Ten
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.
Episode 17 • Feb 13, 1969 • 1 h
Jonah
Episode 18 • Feb 20, 1969 • 1 h
Bickford's Bridge
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.
Episode 19 • Feb 27, 1969 • 1 h
A Touch of Charity
Episode 20 • Mar 6, 1969 • 1 h
For Want of a Hero
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.
Episode 21 • Mar 13, 1969 • 1 h
Love and Equity
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.
Episode 22 • Mar 27, 1969 • 1 h
The Allies
Episode 23 • Apr 3, 1969 • 1 h
A Man Before His Time
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.
Episode 24 • Apr 10, 1969 • 1 h
For a Few Rifles
Episode 25 • Apr 17, 1969 • 1 h
Sweet Molly Malone
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.
Episode 26 • May 1, 1969 • 1 h
A Pinch of Salt
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.
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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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