S1 E1 • The Birth of the Blade

How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

Première diffusion : 7 septembre 1956

S1 E2 • The Squatter

Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 1956

S1 E3 • An Adventure with Audubon

Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 1956

S1 E4 • Deputy Sheriff

Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 1956

S1 E5 • Trapline

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.

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 1956

S1 E6 • Broomstick Wedding

A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 1956

S1 E7 • Natchez Trace

A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 1956

S1 E8 • Jim Bowie Comes Home

On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 1956

S1 E9 • The Ghost of Jean Battoo

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.

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 1956

S1 E10 • The Secessionist

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.

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 1956

S1 E11 • Land Jumpers

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.

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 1956

S1 E12 • The Select Females

Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.

Première diffusion : 23 novembre 1956

S1 E13 • Bowie and His Slave

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.

Première diffusion : 30 novembre 1956

S1 E14 • Outlaw Kingdom

Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.

Première diffusion : 7 décembre 1956

S1 E15 • The Swordsman

Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.

Première diffusion : 14 décembre 1956

S1 E16 • The Return of the Alcibiade

Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.

Première diffusion : 21 décembre 1956

S1 E17 • Monsieur Francois

Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.

Première diffusion : 28 décembre 1956

S1 E18 • A Horse for Old Hickory

Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.

Première diffusion : 4 janvier 1957

S1 E19 • The Beggar of New Orleans

Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 1957

S1 E20 • Osceola

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.

Première diffusion : 18 janvier 1957

S1 E21 • Master of Arms

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.

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 1957

S1 E22 • Convoy Gold

Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.

Première diffusion : 1 février 1957

S1 E23 • Spanish Intrigue

Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.

Première diffusion : 8 février 1957

S1 E24 • Bayou Tontine

Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.

Première diffusion : 15 février 1957

S1 E25 • German George

Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.

Première diffusion : 22 février 1957

S1 E26 • An Eye for an Eye

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.

Première diffusion : 1 mars 1957

S1 E27 • The Captain's Chimp

Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.

Première diffusion : 8 mars 1957

S1 E28 • Jackson Assassination

Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.

Première diffusion : 15 mars 1957

S1 E29 • Rezin Bowie, Gambler

Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.

Première diffusion : 22 mars 1957

S1 E30 • Thieves' Market

When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.

Première diffusion : 29 mars 1957

S1 E31 • The Pearl and the Crown

After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.

Première diffusion : 5 avril 1957

S1 E32 • The General's Disgrace

Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.

Première diffusion : 12 avril 1957

S1 E33 • The Lottery

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.

Première diffusion : 19 avril 1957

S1 E34 • The Intruder

Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.

Première diffusion : 26 avril 1957

S1 E35 • Country Cousin

Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.

Première diffusion : 3 mai 1957

S1 E36 • The Bound Girl

Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.

Première diffusion : 10 mai 1957

S1 E37 • Bounty Hunter

When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.

Première diffusion : 17 mai 1957

S1 E38 • Gone to Texas

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.

Première diffusion : 24 mai 1957