About this season
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.
Episodes (30)
1. Empire of the Lost
Aired 16 September 1965 • 60 min
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.
2. The Tortoise and the Hare
Aired 23 September 1965 • 60 min
Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.
3. The Mound Builders
Aired 30 September 1965 • 60 min
A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.
4. My Name Is Rawls
Aired 7 October 1965 • 60 min
Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.
5. The Old Man and the Cave
Aired 14 October 1965 • 60 min
Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.
6. The Trek
Aired 21 October 1965 • 60 min
Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.
7. The Aaron Burr Story
Aired 28 October 1965 • 60 min
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.
8. Cry of Gold
Aired 4 November 1965 • 60 min
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.
9. The Peace Tree
Aired 11 November 1965 • 60 min
A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.
10. The Thanksgiving Story
Aired 25 November 1965 • 60 min
Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.
11. A Rope for Mingo
Aired 2 December 1965 • 60 min
Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.
12. The First Beau
Aired 9 December 1965 • 60 min
Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.
13. The Perilous Journey
Aired 16 December 1965 • 60 min
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.
14. The Christmas Story
Aired 23 December 1965 • 60 min
On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.
15. The Tamarack Massacre Affair
Aired 30 December 1965 • 60 min
The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.
16. Gabriel
Aired 6 January 1966 • 60 min
A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry.
17. Seminole Territory
Aired 13 January 1966 • 60 min
After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head.
18. The Deserter
Aired 20 January 1966 • 60 min
A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
19. Crisis by Fire
Aired 27 January 1966 • 60 min
A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.
20. The Gun
Aired 3 February 1966 • 60 min
Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.
21. The Prisoners
Aired 10 February 1966 • 60 min
Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.
22. The Fifth Man
Aired 17 February 1966 • 60 min
Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.
23. The Gun-Barrel Highway
Aired 24 February 1966 • 60 min
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.
24. The Search
Aired 3 March 1966 • 60 min
An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.
25. Fifty Rifles
Aired 10 March 1966 • 60 min
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.
26. The Trap
Aired 17 March 1966 • 60 min
Renegades take Israel hostage when they find him and injured Mingo in the forest.
27. The Accused
Aired 24 March 1966 • 60 min
Mingo arranges a prison break to free Boone after a couple frames him for murder.
28. Cibola
Aired 31 March 1966 • 60 min
A man finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold.
29. The High Cumberland (1)
Aired 14 April 1966 • 60 min
On his way through Kentucky, Boone meets his future wife, makes an Indian friend and uncovers deception.
30. The High Cumberland (2)
Aired 21 April 1966 • 60 min
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