Overview of 'Daniel Boone' Season 2

Daniel Boone (1964)

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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Release Date: 1964-09-24
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6

6.9/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 60

Season 2 Episode List

Episode 1 - Empire of the Lost
Release Date: 1965-09-16
Boone returns from a solo expedition to find Boonesborough eerily empty. A corrupt British officer has kidnapped the settlers, including Boone's family, and forces them into unfriendly Chickesaw tribal lands with the intention of gaining personal control of the territory. He then captures Boone and demands that he sign away all rights to Boonesborough or watch his family and friends be turned over to the tribe. Boone manages to escape, but realizing he has no chance of freeing the captives on his own, he turns to a surprising source of help.
Episode 2 - The Tortoise and the Hare
Release Date: 1965-09-23
Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.
Episode 3 - The Mound Builders
Release Date: 1965-09-30
A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.
Episode 4 - My Name Is Rawls
Release Date: 1965-10-07
Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.
Episode 5 - The Old Man and the Cave
Release Date: 1965-10-14
Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.
Episode 6 - The Trek
Release Date: 1965-10-21
Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.
Episode 7 - The Aaron Burr Story
Release Date: 1965-10-28
Aaron Burr, ex-Vice President, comes to Boonesborough to enlist Daniel to guide him on a long and dangerous journey to the west, but is vague about his reasons for the trek. When Daniel turns him down due to his unease about Burr's secretive intentions, Jericho blindly jumps at the chance to take the offer and earn a hefty fee. After Burr and Jericho leave, Daniel discovers Burr's true mission, and he and Mingo set out to intercept them and save Jericho from his own naivety.
Episode 8 - Cry of Gold
Release Date: 1965-11-04
A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.
Episode 9 - The Peace Tree
Release Date: 1965-11-11
A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.
Episode 10 - The Thanksgiving Story
Release Date: 1965-11-25
Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.
Episode 11 - A Rope for Mingo
Release Date: 1965-12-02
Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.
Episode 12 - The First Beau
Release Date: 1965-12-09
Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.
Episode 13 - The Perilous Journey
Release Date: 1965-12-16
Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.
Episode 14 - The Christmas Story
Release Date: 1965-12-23
On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.
Episode 15 - The Tamarack Massacre Affair
Release Date: 1965-12-30
The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.
Episode 16 - Gabriel
Release Date: 1966-01-06
A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry.
Episode 17 - Seminole Territory
Release Date: 1966-01-13
After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head.
Episode 18 - The Deserter
Release Date: 1966-01-20
A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
Episode 19 - Crisis by Fire
Release Date: 1966-01-27
A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.
Episode 20 - The Gun
Release Date: 1966-02-03
Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.
Episode 21 - The Prisoners
Release Date: 1966-02-10
Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.
Episode 22 - The Fifth Man
Release Date: 1966-02-17
Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.
Episode 23 - The Gun-Barrel Highway
Release Date: 1966-02-24
Cassady was supposed to build a new road in the wilderness around Shawnee land. But when he decides there isn't enough time before winter to build the longer route, he decides to go straight through Shawnee land and into a possible war.
Episode 24 - The Search
Release Date: 1966-03-03
An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.
Episode 25 - Fifty Rifles
Release Date: 1966-03-10
William Blunt, an old friend of Boone's, steals a wagon carrying fifty rifles and powder, which he intends to sell to the Shawnee. Daniel, along with Mingo and Jericho, must find Blunt and recover the rifles before a deal with the chief is made.
Episode 26 - The Trap
Release Date: 1966-03-17
Renegades take Israel hostage when they find him and injured Mingo in the forest.
Episode 27 - The Accused
Release Date: 1966-03-24
Mingo arranges a prison break to free Boone after a couple frames him for murder.
Episode 28 - Cibola
Release Date: 1966-03-31
A man finds only danger when he seeks a fabled city of gold.
Episode 29 - The High Cumberland (1)
Release Date: 1966-04-14
On his way through Kentucky, Boone meets his future wife, makes an Indian friend and uncovers deception.
Episode 30 - The High Cumberland (2)
Release Date: 1966-04-21
Daniel Boone continues his trek to Kentucky. In the conclusion of this two-part episode detailing the early years of Daniel Boone's life he must lead a party of settlers through a canyon and take a stand against pursuers who want their precious supplies all the while defeating rival Jim Santee for the affections of one Rebecca Bryan