The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Season 1, Episode 23: The Day of the 12 Candles

Episode synopsis

Jaimie finds a baby Arapaho boy near the body of his dead mother, one of many slaughtered by an Army contingent. In spite of Linc's warning that bringing the baby on the wagon train will further aggravate the tribe which is seeking revenge, Jaimie hides him in a wagon. A bigoted member of the train demands that the baby be taken back and left to the elements, but his own wife feels otherwise.

About The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Day of Leaving
• E2The Day of the First Trail
• E3The Day of the First Suitor
• E4The Day of the Golden Fleece
• E5The Day of the Last Bugle
• E6The Day of the Skinners
• E7The Day of the Taboo Man
• E8The Day of the Giants
• E9The Day of the Long Night
• E10The Day of the Killer
• E11The Day of the Flying Dutchman
• E12The Day of the Homeless