Daniel Boone
TV show

Daniel Boone

7.0EndedTV-PG165 episodes

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.

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Ken-Tuck-E
S1 E1
Ken-Tuck-E
Sep 24, 1964

George Washington sends Daniel and Yadkin into Ken-Tuck-E, the dark and bloody hunting ground of four Indian nations, to find a site for a fort.

Tekawitha McLeod
S1 E2
Tekawitha McLeod
Oct 1, 1964

A dance at Fort Boonesborough is interrupted by Flathead Joseph, a halfbreed slave trader. He has a young Indian girl with him whom he claims is a Cherokee Princess...and a white girl. Her name is Tekawitha McLeod and she is the daughter of the Cherokee Chief Menewa. When Daniel confronts Menewa about this he admits she is white and taken from a raiding party but he wants her back. Daniel refuses when he realizes he knew her family. The Indians are determined to fight to get her back and the settlers of Boonesborough are just as determined to fight to keep her.

My Brother's Keeper
S1 E3
My Brother's Keeper
Oct 8, 1964

Mingo, wanted DEAD! Daniel Boone must capture his friend Mingo and bring him to justice before all Kentucky erupts in war. Daniel's friend Yadkin is a trusted friend to all in Booneborough and among the Cherokee. Yadkin had canoed up river and while meeting with a Cherokee trading party when they were ambushed by a Creek war party. Yadkin was found floating down river by Daniel's son Israel. With Cincinnatus removing the slug(bullet) and Rebecca Boone nursing him, he began to pull through....

The Family Fluellen
S1 E4
The Family Fluellen
Oct 22, 1964

Boone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.

The Choosing
S1 E5
The Choosing
Oct 29, 1964

British soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.

Lac Duquesne
S1 E6
Lac Duquesne
Nov 5, 1964

Boone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.

The Sound of Wings
S1 E7
The Sound of Wings
Nov 12, 1964

A British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.

A Short Walk to Salem
S1 E8
A Short Walk to Salem
Nov 19, 1964

Israel becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.

The Sisters O'Hannrahan
S1 E9
The Sisters O'Hannrahan
Dec 3, 1964

Yadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.

Pompey
S1 E10
Pompey
Dec 10, 1964

A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.

Mountain of the Dead
S1 E11
Mountain of the Dead
Dec 17, 1964

A dream about a man whom Daniel thought was dead is followed by the appearance of three men at his door demanding that he take them to the site of a bloody Native American massacre.

Not in Our Stars
S1 E12
Not in Our Stars
Dec 31, 1964

Mingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.

The Hostages
S1 E13
The Hostages
Jan 7, 1965

Rumors circulate that the British are employing Indians to fight for them. Daniel becomes personally involved when he gets word his wife Rebecca has been taken by an Indian raiding party.

The Returning
S1 E14
The Returning
Jan 14, 1965

Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.

The Prophet
S1 E15
The Prophet
Jan 21, 1965

A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.

The First Stone
S1 E16
The First Stone
Jan 28, 1965

Boone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.

A Place of 1000 Spirits
S1 E17
A Place of 1000 Spirits
Feb 4, 1965

While hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.

The Sound of Fear
S1 E18
The Sound of Fear
Feb 11, 1965

A condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.

The Price of Friendship
S1 E19
The Price of Friendship
Feb 18, 1965

Boone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.

The Quietists
S1 E20
The Quietists
Feb 25, 1965

A Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.

The Devil's Four
S1 E21
The Devil's Four
Mar 4, 1965

Boone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.

The Reunion
S1 E22
The Reunion
Mar 11, 1965

While out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.

The Ben Franklin Encounter
S1 E23
The Ben Franklin Encounter
Mar 18, 1965

Boone and Mingo travel East and get caught up in a confrontation between Benjamin Franklin and British Admiral Lord Clydesdale, who threatens to hang them all for treason.

Four-Leaf Clover
S1 E24
Four-Leaf Clover
Mar 25, 1965

An idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.

Cain's Birthday (1)
S1 E25
Cain's Birthday (1)
Apr 1, 1965

Boone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men

Cain's Birthday (2)
S1 E26
Cain's Birthday (2)
Apr 8, 1965

Lacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.

Daughter of the Devil
S1 E27
Daughter of the Devil
Apr 15, 1965

A man is found dead by a group of travelers, one of them hears a strange noise and believes it to be the Devil in the form of a black panther. Daniel and Mingo believe a far more mundane explanation is at hand, and investigate to prove their point.

Doll of Sorrow
S1 E28
Doll of Sorrow
Apr 22, 1965

Israel accidentally startles a passing peddler's horse and his goods are ruined. Daniel agrees to compensate him for his loss but matters are complicated when he steals a grieving Indian women's mourning doll.

The Courtship of Jericho Jones
S1 E29
The Courtship of Jericho Jones
Apr 29, 1965

Jericho and Sumah, the daughter of the Indian chief, want to marry. Daniel proposes a trial engagement. For a month Jericho will live with the Indians and Sumah will live with Boone's family and see if each can adapt to the other culture.

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