Daniel Boone: Season 1

(1964-1965)

Daniel (Fess Parker); Yadkin (Albert Salmi)

001 Ken-Tuck-E (Pilot Episode)

Original Air Date: 09-24-64

Written by Borden Chase
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Aaron Rosenberg

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. Once they arrive, they encounter representatives of two of those four nations -- Shawnee warriors chasing a lone Cherokee warrior. Daniel helps drive the Shawnee away, and the grateful Cherokee, Mingo, returns the favor by showing Daniel and Yad an ideal location to build their fort. Yad returns east while Daniel remains with Mingo to explore the country.

Original Air Date: 10-01-64

Written by Paul King
Directed by Thomas Carr
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Tekawitha, adopted daughter of the Cherokee chief, Menewa, is kidnapped by Flathead Joseph, a renegade, who offers her to the Boonesborough settlers in exchage for a jug of rum. His offer is at first refused, but when the renegade reveals that Tekawitha isn't Cherokee, but is white, Daniel agrees to buy her freedom. Daniel and the settlers believe that Tekawitha belongs with them, but Tekawitha -- and the Cherokee -- do not agree. The two former allies are brought to the brink of war against each other. Matters are futher complicated when Daniel learns of Tekawitha's true heritage.

Original Air Date: 10-08-64

Written by Paul King
Directed by John English
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Yadkin insists that the Creeks who wounded him and killed a party of Cherokee were led by none other than Mingo.

Original Air Date: 10-22-64

Written by Herman Miller
Directed by Byron Paul
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Daniel and Yadkin's search for poachers unearths unexpected culprits: a widowed Welshwoman and her three children, who are determined to settle in the midst of hostile Shawnee territory.

Original Air Date: 10-29-64

Written by Paul King
Directed by Thomas Carr
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Daniel intends their trip into the wilderness to be a pleasant jaunt for Jemima, but he wounds himself with an axe and his daughter is kidnapped by a band of Indians.

Original Air Date: 11-05-64

Written by Paul Savage
Directed by Thomas Carr
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Daniel, Yadkin and Mingo pursue Lac Duquesne, a river pirate who's stolen a shipment of rifles from some Boonesborough settlers.

Original Air Date: 11-12-64

Written by John Hawkins
Directed by Harry Harris
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

A Redcoat officer slugs Boone and assumes his identity so he can persuade the Indians to back up the British.

Original Air Date: 11-19-64

Written by Paul King
Directed by Thomas Carr or Harry Harris?
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Simon Girty plays dirty, and so do his three hardhearted sons. They plan to relieve the Boonesborough settlers of their season's take of furs.

Original Air Date: 12-03-64

Written by David Duncan from a story by Samuel Roeca
Directed by John English
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

Daniel inadvertently becomes the owner of two indentured servant girls when Yadkin gets involved in a plot with an auctioneer.

Original Air Date: 12-10-64

Written by David Duncan
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

In Salem, Daniel notices a reward is being offered for the return of a runaway slave named Pompey, but he pays little attention -- until he discovers that some of his new blacksmith tools have been stolen.

Original Air Date: 12-17-64

Written by David Duncan
Directed by Byron Paul
Produced by Vincent M. Fennelly

A man Boone thought dead and a trio of Britons appear out of nowhere, and they all want to be lead to the site of a bloody Indian massacre.

Original Air Date: 12-31-64

Written by John Hawkins from a story by Calvin Clements
Directed by John English
Produced by Paul King

Lord Dunsmore, the British Governor General, orders the Boonesborough settlers out of Kentucky within 30 days, claiming that he holds the title to their land.

Original Air Date: 01-07-65

Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by George Sherman
Produced by Paul King

There's something unusual about the band of Seneca that kidnap Rebecca and burn the Boone cabin: they're led by a Loyalist officer.

Original Air Date: 01-14-65

Written by Don Ingalls
Directed by John English
Produced by Paul King

The Boonesborough settlers offer a warm welcome to Daniel's old friend Will Carey when he enters the settlement with a load of pelts -- never dreaming that he got them by murdering three Cherokee braves.

Original Air Date: 01-21-65

Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by Robert Webb
Produced by Jules Schermer

The Prophet is an Indian holy man who asks the Shawnee to join other tribes in driving the white settlers out of Kentucky. When the Shawnee hesitate, he promises to deliver Boone into their hands.

Original Air Date: 01-28-65

Written by Theodore Apstein and Herman Miller, from a story by Theodore Apstein
Directed by Harry Harris
Produced by Paul King

Daniel gives shelter to Esther Craig and her son when they're found wandering in the wilderness -- but signs indicate that Esther may be a witch.

Original Air Date: 02-04-65

Written by David Humphreys Miller, from a story by Cecil Dan Hanson
Directed by George Sherman
Produced by Paul King

Two Shawnee braves enter a Salem tavern and abduct a terrified British lieutenant at gunpoint.

Original Air Date: 02-11-65

Written by Dick Nelson and Truman Clay, from a story by Truman Clay
Directed by Harry Harris
Produced by Paul King

Daniel and his family are held prisoner by the murderous Simon Perigore, who drives a hard bargain -- the lives of Daniel's wife and children in exchange for his help in starting an Indian war.

Original Air Date: 02-28-65

Written by Frank Chase
Directed by John English
Produced by Paul King

Daniel runs into some unusual river pirates: an old man, his daughter and an orphan who steal all they can -- providing they don't hurt anyone in the process.

Original Air Date: 02-25-65

Written by Herman Groves
Directed by George Sherman
Produced by Paul King

Nothing Boone says can dissuade an unarmed, pacifist Quaker family from moving onto the farm they bought -- on the edge of dangerous Cherokee country.

Original Air Date: 03-04-65

Written by Herman Groves, from a story by Mark Rodgers
Directed by David Butler
Produced by Paul King

"The Devil's Four" are the manacled felons that Yadkin found to drive the wagons over the bandit-infested Cumberland Gap.

Original Air Date: 03-11-65

Written by Rita Lakin and Jack Paritz, from a story by Rita Lakin
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by George Sherman

After years of searching for his daughter Rebecca, itinerant peddler Timothy Patrick Bryan finally finds her -- married to Daniel. But Rebecca will have nothing to do with the old man.

Original Air Date: 03-18-65

Written by David Duncan
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by George Sherman

After returning from a trip to Virginia, Daniel tells his family how he and Mingo met the famous Colonial insurgent -- and almost got themselves shipped off to England.

Original Air Date: 03-25-65

Written by Preston Wood
Directed by John English
Produced by George Sherman

Daniel and Yadkin rescue the driver of an overturned buggy, and discover he's Francis Clover, Boonesborough's bumbling new schoolteacher.

Original Air Date: 04-01-65

Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by Paul Landres
Produced by George Sherman

Daniel mysteriously orders the Boonesborough men working at a salt-making camp to surrender to an Indian war party -- which leaves only women and children to defend the fort.

Original Air Date: 04-08-65

Written by Carey Wilber
Directed by Paul Landres
Produced by George Sherman

With water running low and no sign of help from the militia, the besieged Boonesborough defenders see little chance of repelling the Indians -- especially after French colonel Michelet blows up the fort's powder magazine.

Original Air Date: 04-15-65

Written by Stephen Lord
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Produced by George Sherman

Superstitious settlers suspect a connection between the arrival of two mysterious travelers and the appearance of a deadly panther.

Original Air Date: 04-22-65

Written by Herman Miller
Directed by Paul Landres
Produced by George Sherman

Boone risks his life to recover a sacred doll stolen from the wife of an Indian chieftain by a wandering trader who plans to hold the doll for ransom.

Original Air Date: 04-29-65

Written by Unknown
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by George Sherman

The courtship of Jericho Jones threatens to disrupt settler-Indian relations when the young man elopes with a Creek princess.

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