Hondo — Season 1, Episode 4: Hondo And The Superstition Massacre

Episode synopsis

Hondo, Buffalo and Sam are attacked by four renegade Pemas, fierce enemies of the Apache. Buffalo is wounded and cannot help Hondo guide a surveyor and his wife, Frank and Mary Davis. Davis is checking the Apache's land for gold, hoping to find none and dispel any gold rush notions. When Davis arrives on the stage Hondo recognizes him as the man who lead the massacre that killed his wife, attacks him and beats him severely. Hondo is ordered to guide the surveyor and eventually learns Davis' side of the story and how he is tortured by the ghosts of those they killed. Hondo and the Davises are captured by the Pemas and Hondo stalls for time in the hopes Sam can bring back help.

About Hondo

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Hondo And The Eagle Claw
• E2Hondo And The War Cry
• E3Hondo And The Singing Wire
• E5Hondo And The Savage
• E6Hondo And The Apache Kid
• E7Hondo And The War Hawks
• E8Hondo And The Mad Dog
• E9Hondo And The Judas
• E10Hondo And The Comancheros
• E11Hondo And The Sudden Town
• E12Hondo And The Ghost Of Ed Dow
• E13Hondo And The Death Drive