Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women 1968-09-19 · 60 min
Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.
S5 · E2The Blackbirder 1968-10-03 · 60 min
A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave.
S5 · E3The Dandy 1968-10-10 · 60 min
Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than the painting the young man seems most interested in. Daniel and the young man both get more than they were bargaining for in the process.
S5 · E4The Fleeing Nuns 1968-10-24 · 60 min
On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.
S5 · E5The Plague That Came to Ford's Run 1968-10-31 · 60 min
Josh returns to his hometown to visit a friend but finds the community a wreck and his friend missing.
S5 · E6The Bait 1968-11-07 · 60 min
A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.
S5 · E7Big, Black and Out There 1968-11-14 · 60 min
A former slave, adopted by Indians, terrorizes and robs Boonesborough.
S5 · E8Flag of Truce 1968-11-21 · 60 min
An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.
S5 · E9The Valley of the Sun 1968-11-28 · 60 min
While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.
S5 · E10The Patriot 1968-12-05 · 60 min
John Gist had gone to Canada rather than fight the British. Now, after American independence, he wants to come back and live again on his land. Daniel is caught in the middle trying to help his friend against those who see him as a traitor.
S5 · E11The Return of Sidewinder 1968-12-12 · 60 min
Highwaymen - known as "buckaroos" - are robbing people around Boonesborough. After the British offer a rich reward for their capture, Daniel discovers the man responsible is an old adversary from a time when he and Mingo were robbed.
S5 · E12Minnow for a Shark 1969-01-02 · 60 min
Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.
S5 · E13To Slay a Giant 1969-01-09 · 60 min
Gideon is accused of murdering Cyrus Blake and his revenge minded brother, Enoch, is determined to hang him now rather than wait for a trial.
S5 · E14A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely 1969-01-16 · 60 min
Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy, caught between an overprotective mother and an overly macho father, really needs.
S5 · E15Copperhead Izzy 1969-01-30 · 60 min
Israel is abducted and forced to live with a group of street urchins who work as pickpockets. With Daniel away on business, Rebecca and her uncle Brian have to find Israel and rescue the other children.
S5 · E16Three Score and Ten 1969-02-06 · 60 min
An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.
S5 · E17Jonah 1969-02-13 · 60 min
Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah refuses to fight, Josh must take his place and try to win the bet.
S5 · E18Bickford's Bridge 1969-02-20 · 60 min
Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.
S5 · E19A Touch of Charity 1969-02-27 · 60 min
To help out Jimmy McGill, a penniless young man swindled in a land deal, Daniel offers him a piece of land to be paid for over time. When Amos Brown's daughter Charity, betrothed to another, is attracted to Jimmy, Brown forbids her to see him and moves up her wedding to a local man. To claim Charity before she weds the other man, McGill decides to make a fortune overnight.
S5 · E20For Want of a Hero 1969-03-06 · 60 min
On their way back home Daniel and his family plan to stop at a fort for the night. When they arrive they find it has been destroyed by Indians with only a few survivors. The surviving soldiers seem to be hiding some kind of secret.
S5 · E21Love and Equity 1969-03-13 · 60 min
In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused of fraud and even witchcraft.
S5 · E22The Allies 1969-03-27 · 60 min
Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the British are taking, but on their way their horses are stolen by a vagabond family of three. When they catch the trio they decide to take them along, though they're not sure they can trust the crafty patriarch of the clan.
S5 · E23A Man Before His Time 1969-04-03 · 60 min
A fugitive is being tracked through the woods where he is killed in a confrontation. The man's only son is now an orphan and, after Daniel takes him back to town, plots revenge against them.
S5 · E24For a Few Rifles 1969-04-10 · 60 min
A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief to try to work something out, he says he will give the man the land if the tribe gets twenty rifles. When Daniel refuses this offer, he finds out that Israel has been taken hostage in exchange for the rifles. While being held Israel meets a crippled and bitter Shawnee youth.