7.7/1052 votes#1 - Empire of the Lost
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1965
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.
Director: Nathan H. Juran
Writer: N/A
7.5/1047 votes#2 - The Tortoise and the Hare
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1965
Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votes#3 - The Mound Builders
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965
A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.
Director: Nathan H. Juran
Writer: N/A
7.3/1044 votes#4 - My Name Is Rawls
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965
Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.6/1050 votes#5 - The Old Man and the Cave
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1965
Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.
Director: George Marshall
Writer: N/A
7.9/1044 votes#6 - The Trek
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1965
Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.2/1051 votes#7 - The Aaron Burr Story
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1965
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1046 votes#8 - Cry of Gold
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1965
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.
Director: Nathan H. Juran
Writer: N/A
7.5/1049 votes#9 - The Peace Tree
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1965
A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.5/1049 votes#10 - The Thanksgiving Story
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1965
Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.
Director: George Marshall
Writer: N/A
7.9/1052 votes#11 - A Rope for Mingo
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1965
Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.6/1058 votes#12 - The First Beau
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1965
Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.5/1047 votes#13 - The Perilous Journey
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1965
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.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.9/1060 votes#14 - The Christmas Story
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1965
On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1047 votes#15 - The Tamarack Massacre Affair
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1965
The sister of a British officer lies that she narrowly escaped an Indian massacre; Boone must avert war.
Director: James B. Clark
Writer: David Duncan
7.8/1042 votes#16 - Gabriel
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1966
A Spanish military expedition chasing a French revolutionary mistakes Boone for its quarry.
Director: Gerd Oswald
Writer: N/A
7.5/1050 votes#17 - Seminole Territory
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1966
After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.3/1036 votes#18 - The Deserter
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1966
A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
Director: Nathan H. Juran
Writer: N/A
8.1/1048 votes#19 - Crisis by Fire
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1966
A former Continental Army officer uses a smallpox threat to raise troops against Indians.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Writer: David Duncan, Lee Loeb
7.6/1039 votes#20 - The Gun
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1966
Boone heads to Pennsylvania to have a new gun made, but meets two scoundrels seeking a guide to the Mississippi.
Director: Robert Totten
Writer: N/A
7.6/1042 votes#21 - The Prisoners
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1966
Three escaped Army prisoners, seeking revenge on a former commander, pressure Boone by seizing his children.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
8.0/1045 votes#22 - The Fifth Man
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1966
Boone and his party endure hardship to blow up a bridge between the advancing British and Fort Wayne.
Director: George Sherman
Writer: N/A
7.7/1042 votes#23 - The Gun-Barrel Highway
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1966
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.
Director: John Florea
Writer: Thomas W. Blackburn
7.7/1045 votes#24 - The Search
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1966
An ambush on the way to New Orleans leaves Boone in possession of a famous pirate s journal.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: N/A
7.4/1039 votes#25 - Fifty Rifles
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1966
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.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 2
Every episode of Daniel Boone Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Daniel Boone Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Empire of the Lost" is the best rated episode of "Daniel Boone" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Nathan H. Juran and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1965. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Tortoise and the Hare".