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Daniel Boone
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.
- Created by:
- Borden Chase
- Cast:
- Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Ken-Tuck-E
1964-09-24 · 60mGeorge 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.
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E02
Episode 2
Tekawitha McLeod
1964-10-01 · 60mA 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.
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E03
Episode 3
My Brother's Keeper
1964-10-08 · 60mMingo, 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....
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E04
Episode 4
The Family Fluellen
1964-10-22 · 60mBoone invites a widow and her hungry brood to town, but one of the children steals a telescope.
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E05
Episode 5
The Choosing
1964-10-29 · 60mBritish soldiers and Indians surround Jemima as she tries to help Boone, wounded in the wilderness.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 10.0Lac Duquesne
1964-11-05 · 60mBoone chases a river pirate who plans to sell a load of stolen arms to Shawnees.
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E07
Episode 7
The Sound of Wings
1964-11-12 · 60mA British officer captures Boone then impersonates him to win Indian allies.
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E08
Episode 8
A Short Walk to Salem
1964-11-19 · 60mIsrael becomes lost in the woods after fur thieves ambush him, Boone and Yadkin.
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E09
Episode 9
The Sisters O'Hannrahan
1964-12-03 · 60mYadkin's trickery leaves Boone the unexpected, and unwilling, owner of indentured Irish sisters.
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E10
Episode 10
Pompey
1964-12-10 · 60mA bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.
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E11
Episode 11
Mountain of the Dead
1964-12-17 · 60mA 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.
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E12
Episode 12
Not in Our Stars
1964-12-31 · 60mMingo plans to do more than protest a new treaty when he and Boone visit Virginia's governor general.
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E13
Episode 13
The Hostages
1965-01-07 · 60mRumors 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.
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E14
Episode 14
The Returning
1965-01-14 · 60mBoone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.
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E15
Episode 15
The Prophet
1965-01-21 · 60mA Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.
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Episode 16
The First Stone
1965-01-28 · 60mBoone befriends a mother and son, but learns the woman is accused of witchcraft.
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Episode 17
A Place of 1000 Spirits
1965-02-04 · 60mWhile hunting, the Boones meet a delirious British officer pursued by vengeful Shawnees.
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E18
Episode 18
The Sound of Fear
1965-02-11 · 60mA condemned bounty hunter who escaped from a military convoy takes the Boones hostage.
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E19
Episode 19
The Price of Friendship
1965-02-18 · 60mBoone assists a boy and winds up at the mercy of a larcenous clan.
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E20
Episode 20
The Quietists
1965-02-25 · 60mA Quaker family refuses to fight until Indians kidnap a daughter.
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E21
Episode 21
The Devil's Four
1965-03-04 · 60mBoone commands four criminals recruited by Yadkin to haul frieght to Boonesborough.
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E22
Episode 22
The Reunion
1965-03-11 · 60mWhile out hunting, Daniel and Cincinnatus come upon Timothy who is looking for his abandonded daughter Becky.
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E23
Episode 23
The Ben Franklin Encounter
1965-03-18 · 60mBoone 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.
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E24
Episode 24
Four-Leaf Clover
1965-03-25 · 60mAn idealistic schoolteacher incites Boonesborough's wrath by giving gunpowder to the Shawnees.
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E25
Episode 25
Cain's Birthday (1)
1965-04-01 · 60mBoone seems guilty of betrayal when he allows Choctaws to capture the town's men
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Episode 26
Cain's Birthday (2)
1965-04-08 · 60mLacking water and powder, the women and children of Boonesborough seem easy prey for attacking Choctaws.
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E27
Episode 27
Daughter of the Devil
1965-04-15 · 60mA 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.
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Episode 28
Doll of Sorrow
1965-04-22 · 60mIsrael 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.
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Episode 29
The Courtship of Jericho Jones
1965-04-29 · 60mJericho 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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Fess Parker
Daniel Boone
Ed Ames
Mingo
Patricia Blair
Rebecca Boone
Darby Hinton
Israel Boone
Dal McKennon
Cincinnatus