The Adventures of Jim Bowie - Season 1
1 - The Birth of the Blade
Air Date: September 7, 1956
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
2 - The Squatter
Air Date: September 14, 1956
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
3 - An Adventure with Audubon
Air Date: September 21, 1956
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
4 - Deputy Sheriff
Air Date: September 28, 1956
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
5 - Trapline
Air Date: October 5, 1956
A fur company is apparently trying to keep the Cajun fur trappers in line by killing anyone who trades with an independent dealer - like Jim Bowie.
6 - Broomstick Wedding
Air Date: October 12, 1956
A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
7 - Natchez Trace
Air Date: October 19, 1956
A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
8 - Jim Bowie Comes Home
Air Date: October 26, 1956
On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.
9 - The Ghost of Jean Battoo
Air Date: November 2, 1956
Bowie encounters a group of farmers who are being duped into paying protection money to an old woman against the ghost of a famous Louisiana pirate.
10 - The Secessionist
Air Date: November 9, 1956
Bowie finds that a friend of his has been asked by President Andrew Jackson to try to talk a group of French planters out of seceding from the Union.
11 - Land Jumpers
Air Date: November 16, 1956
Just when Jim and his brother try to sell a large tract of land, a Frenchman shows up claiming to have the proper title to the property, which is verified by a local judge.
12 - The Select Females
Air Date: November 23, 1956
Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.
13 - Bowie and His Slave
Air Date: November 30, 1956
Bowie comes to the aid of a former slave who he had freed, but who has been captured and is being sold again at a slave auction.
14 - Outlaw Kingdom
Air Date: December 7, 1956
Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
15 - The Swordsman
Air Date: December 14, 1956
Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.
16 - The Return of the Alcibiade
Air Date: December 21, 1956
Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
17 - Monsieur Francois
Air Date: December 28, 1956
Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.
18 - A Horse for Old Hickory
Air Date: January 4, 1957
Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.
19 - The Beggar of New Orleans
Air Date: January 11, 1957
Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
20 - Osceola
Air Date: January 18, 1957
Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract of less desirable land.
21 - Master of Arms
Air Date: January 25, 1957
An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should belong to him and comes after Bowie.
22 - Convoy Gold
Air Date: February 1, 1957
Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
23 - Spanish Intrigue
Air Date: February 8, 1957
Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
24 - Bayou Tontine
Air Date: February 15, 1957
Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.
25 - German George
Air Date: February 22, 1957
Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
26 - An Eye for an Eye
Air Date: March 1, 1957
Trying to stop an Indian uprising, Bowie only gets into more trouble after telling a native Cherokee princess the story of John Smith and Pocahontas.
27 - The Captain's Chimp
Air Date: March 8, 1957
Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
28 - Jackson Assassination
Air Date: March 15, 1957
Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
29 - Rezin Bowie, Gambler
Air Date: March 22, 1957
Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
30 - Thieves' Market
Air Date: March 29, 1957
When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.
31 - The Pearl and the Crown
Air Date: April 5, 1957
After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.
32 - The General's Disgrace
Air Date: April 12, 1957
Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
33 - The Lottery
Air Date: April 19, 1957
Bowie organizes a lottery to help an orphanage, unaware that the men he has hired plan to fix the drawing so that they will collect the winnings.
34 - The Intruder
Air Date: April 26, 1957
Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
35 - Country Cousin
Air Date: May 3, 1957
Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.
36 - The Bound Girl
Air Date: May 10, 1957
Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.
37 - Bounty Hunter
Air Date: May 17, 1957
When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
38 - Gone to Texas
Air Date: May 24, 1957
As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is trying to kill him.