Daniel Boone: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Daniel Boone Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women
Sep 19, 1968
Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.
The Blackbirder
Oct 3, 1968
A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave.
The Dandy
Oct 10, 1968
Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than t
The Fleeing Nuns
Oct 24, 1968
On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.
The Plague That Came to Ford's Run
Oct 31, 1968
Josh returns to his hometown to visit a friend but finds the community a wreck and his friend missing.
The Bait
Nov 7, 1968
A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.
Big, Black and Out There
Nov 14, 1968
A former slave, adopted by Indians, terrorizes and robs Boonesborough.
Flag of Truce
Nov 21, 1968
An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.
The Valley of the Sun
Nov 28, 1968
While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.
The Patriot
Dec 5, 1968
John Gist had gone to Canada rather than fight the British. Now, after American independence, he wants to come back and live again on his land. Daniel is caught in the middle tryin
The Return of Sidewinder
Dec 12, 1968
Highwaymen - known as "buckaroos" - are robbing people around Boonesborough. After the British offer a rich reward for their capture, Daniel discovers the man responsible is an old
Minnow for a Shark
Jan 2, 1969
Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.
To Slay a Giant
Jan 9, 1969
Gideon is accused of murdering Cyrus Blake and his revenge minded brother, Enoch, is determined to hang him now rather than wait for a trial.
A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely
Jan 16, 1969
Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy,
Copperhead Izzy
Jan 30, 1969
Israel is abducted and forced to live with a group of street urchins who work as pickpockets. With Daniel away on business, Rebecca and her uncle Brian have to find Israel and resc
Three Score and Ten
Feb 6, 1969
An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in
Jonah
Feb 13, 1969
Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farmin
Bickford's Bridge
Feb 20, 1969
Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it
A Touch of Charity
Feb 27, 1969
To help out Jimmy McGill, a penniless young man swindled in a land deal, Daniel offers him a piece of land to be paid for over time. When Amos Brown's daughter Charity, betrothed t
For Want of a Hero
Mar 6, 1969
On their way back home Daniel and his family plan to stop at a fort for the night. When they arrive they find it has been destroyed by Indians with only a few survivors. The surviv
Love and Equity
Mar 13, 1969
In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused
The Allies
Mar 27, 1969
Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the
A Man Before His Time
Apr 3, 1969
A fugitive is being tracked through the woods where he is killed in a confrontation. The man's only son is now an orphan and, after Daniel takes him back to town, plots revenge aga
For a Few Rifles
Apr 10, 1969
A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief
Sweet Molly Malone
Apr 17, 1969
Sgt. Malone is a hard drinking, pipe smoking veteran of the war. The Sgt. is also a woman, which puts her at odds with the town folk. Rebecca decides she needs a man and matches he
A Pinch of Salt
May 1, 1969
While on a surveying mission for the Continental Congress, Daniel and David get caught in the middle of a dispute between two women and a man bent on destroying their salt mine ope