Episode
Daniel Boone: Tekawitha McLeod
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Daniel Boone
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1964-10-01
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Tekawitha McLeod is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Daniel Boone. It aired on 1964-10-01. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 1: Ken-Tuck-E
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.
Episode 3: My Brother's Keeper
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....
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Episode 5: The Choosing
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Episode 6: Lac Duquesne
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Episode 7: The Sound of Wings
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Episode 8: A Short Walk to Salem
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Episode 9: The Sisters O'Hannrahan
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Episode 10: Pompey
A bondsman insists on returning a runaway slave unshackled by Boone.
Episode 11: Mountain of the Dead
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.
Episode 12: Not in Our Stars
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Episode 13: The Hostages
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