Episode
Wagon Train: Herman
Overview
The wagon train comes across old Jamison Hershey and Herman, his 3000 pound Belgian horse. The old man has made it safely through hostile Indian territory because the tribes are so in awe of his horse. Hershey and Herman are invited to ride with the train, though it becomes apparent that Herman is not able to travel very fast and may hold back the entire group.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1965-02-14
Episode context
Herman is Episode 18 in Season 8 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1965-02-14.
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Episode 17: The Isaiah Quickfox Story
Coop and Charlie ride into a small village for supplies finding it deserted. There is an Indian who stays hidden and later three men and a woman ride into town. They have been looking for the woman's father in a cave filled with bats.
Episode 19: The Bonnie Brooke Story
Don Brooke is desperate for money for his pregnant wife Bonnie, who's condition is too delicate for the long trip without more medical care so he seeks a bank loan. When he sees an opportunity at the bank, it leads to tragedy.
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Episode 20: The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story
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Episode 15: The Chottsie Gubenheimer Story
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Episode 21: The Captain Sam Story
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Episode 14: The Echo Pass Story
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Episode 22: The Betsy Blee Smith Story
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Episode 13: The Hector Heatherton Story
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Episode 23: The Katy Piper Story
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Episode 24: The Indian Girl Story
A white renegade rides into the wagon train camp with an Indian girl tied to a rope and forced to walk without food or water. He says that he is bringing her back to the tribe where she will be tortured and killed for killing the chief's son. Hawks, in charge of a smaller group until Hale and Coop meet them with the rest of the train, decides to forcibly take the girl from her sadistic captor and keep her with his group, even knowing that this may lead to an attack from the chief's tribe.