
The life and times of folk hero Daniel Boone.

Boone regrets taking in the sullen, vengeful son (Ronny Howard) of a murderous thief who was killed in a confrontation.

Boone lets the Spanish capture him as part of a plan to blow up a partially completed Virginia fort.

Boone helps an old friend (Charles Drake) who lost his son because his neighbors think him a coward.

An Indian chief captures Israel and offers to trade his life for twenty rifles.