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The Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 1

Every episode of Daniel Boone Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 1!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 1 - Ken-Tuck-E
    8.0/10(101 votes)

    #1 - Ken-Tuck-E

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Borden Chase

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  2. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 2 - Tekawitha McLeod
    8.4/10(80 votes)

    #2 - Tekawitha McLeod

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 3 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.0/10(71 votes)

    #3 - My Brother's Keeper

    S1:E3

    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....

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 4 - The Family Fluellen
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #4 - The Family Fluellen

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 5 - The Choosing
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #5 - The Choosing

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 6 - Lac Duquesne
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #6 - Lac Duquesne

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Paul Savage

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  7. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 7 - The Sound of Wings
    8.0/10(62 votes)

    #7 - The Sound of Wings

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 8 - A Short Walk to Salem
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #8 - A Short Walk to Salem

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 9 - The Sisters O'Hannrahan
    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #9 - The Sisters O'Hannrahan

    S1:E9

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:David Duncan

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  10. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 10 - Pompey
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #10 - Pompey

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 11 - Mountain of the Dead
    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #11 - Mountain of the Dead

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 12 - Not in Our Stars
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #12 - Not in Our Stars

    S1:E12

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 13 - The Hostages
    8.0/10(64 votes)

    #13 - The Hostages

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:George Sherman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 14 - The Returning
    7.6/10(61 votes)

    #14 - The Returning

    S1:E14

    Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend murdered two Cherokee youths.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 15 - The Prophet
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #15 - The Prophet

    S1:E15

    A Shawnee prophet predicts massacre for the settlers of Boonesborough.

    Director:Robert D. Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 16 - The First Stone
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #16 - The First Stone

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 17 - A Place of 1000 Spirits
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #17 - A Place of 1000 Spirits

    S1:E17

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

    Director:George Sherman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 18 - The Sound of Fear
    8.3/10(57 votes)

    #18 - The Sound of Fear

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 19 - The Price of Friendship
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #19 - The Price of Friendship

    S1:E19

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 20 - The Quietists
    8.1/10(58 votes)

    #20 - The Quietists

    S1:E20

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

    Director:George Sherman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 21 - The Devil's Four
    7.9/10(52 votes)

    #21 - The Devil's Four

    S1:E21

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

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 22 - The Reunion
    7.7/10(55 votes)

    #22 - The Reunion

    S1:E22

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

    Director:George Marshall
    Writer:Rita Lakin

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  23. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 23 - The Ben Franklin Encounter
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #23 - The Ben Franklin Encounter

    S1:E23

    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.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 24 - Four-Leaf Clover
    7.2/10(58 votes)

    #24 - Four-Leaf Clover

    S1:E24

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Daniel Boone Season 1 Episode 25 - Cain's Birthday (1)
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    #25 - Cain's Birthday (1)

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Ken-Tuck-E" is the best rated episode of "Daniel Boone" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by George Marshall and written by Borden Chase, it aired on 9/24/1964. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Tekawitha McLeod".