Hawkeye (The First Frontier)

18 Sept 1994 1h

Hawkeye saves Virginia merchant William Shields and his wife when they're ambushed by hostile Indians on their way to open a trading post at Fort Bennington, but then Shields is captured by the French through the machinations of his treacherous brother, an officer at the fort.

25 Sept 1994 1h

Elizabeth talks Hawkeye into guiding her to the French fort so she can negotiate for the release of her husband, but they step right into the middle of the war.

2 Oct 1994 1h

After Elizabeth's encounter with a bear, she decides to take lessons from Hawkeye in wilderness-survival skills, in exchange for teaching Hawkeye how to read, but ammunition thieves bent on selling their stolen goods to the French interrupt them.

9 Oct 1994 1h

Hawkeye saves a settler from the French trader who kidnapped her, but killing him prompts revenge from the trader's Huron allies.

16 Oct 1994 1h

The French have laid siege to the British fort, and rumor has it that they are bringing up an enormous cannon.

23 Oct 1994 1h

Hurons kidnap an infant from the fort, and any attempt to get the child back could spark a war.

6 Nov 1994 1h

Chingachgook has a vision that hostile Indians will kill Hawkeye.

13 Nov 1994 1h

Hawkeye's old mentor arrives at the fort -- not for a reunion but for revenge.

20 Nov 1994 1h

Elizabeth's visiting nephew realizes his dream of becoming a soldier, but when his courage fails in battle, Hawkeye and Chingachgook step in to help.

27 Nov 1994 1h

When a stranger offers, for a hefty fee, to lead Elizabeth to where her husband is being held, the suspicious Taylor and Hawkeye insist on going along.

8 Jan 1995 1h

The brother of a man Taylor had executed seeks revenge by luring the captain and Elizabeth on a business expedition that will lead to their capture by the French.

15 Jan 1995 1h

Hawkeye and Chingachgook conspire to help two runaway slaves being returned to their owner by a ""gentleman"" from Virginia.

22 Jan 1995 1h

A provoked attack on Taylor prompts the captain to ban the entire Delaware tribe from the fort, including Chingachgook.

29 Jan 1995 1h

An enigmatic French prisoner intrigues Hawkeye, who begins to believe that the soldier may not be what he seems.

5 Feb 1995 1h

Taylor has Hawkeye tried for treason when the captain is shot soon after a heated argument between the two men, but Hawkeye's sense of honor hinders Elizabeth's efforts to prove his innocence.

12 Feb 1995 1h

Hawkeye fumes when Taylor grants a pardon to a recalcitrant soldier in exchange for crucial information about the French.

19 Feb 1995 1h

Elizabeth resists her father's efforts to bring her back to Virginia, even after Taylor produces new evidence that her missing husband is dead.

26 Feb 1995 1h

The capture of a Huron chief's wife leads Hawkeye to his parents' killer, and even Elizabeth may not be able to stop him from taking revenge.

5 Mar 1995 1h

An Indian chief blames Elizabeth for a smallpox epidemic that ravages his tribe shortly after her inadvertent violation of sacred ground.

30 Apr 1995 1h

A Massachusetts woman reputed to have mysterious healing powers struggles to save the fort from the epidemic, only to be branded a witch.

7 May 1995 1h

An old friend appeals to Hawkeye to help free her brother-in-law from his captors, but the French have put a bounty on Hawkeye's head and everyone is trying to kill him.

14 May 1995 1h

Elizabeth's husband returns from captivity, but while she struggles to make a decision about her future, Chingachgook questions William's association with a shaman who practices ""black arts.""