Sat, Sep 14, 1963
Dr. McPheeters decides to move west with his son Jaimie. But Jaimie falls overboard from the riverboat they are traveling on and is presumed drowned. Actually, he comes ashore, and is taken by three scoundrels who plan to sell him, along with a young woman who they have also kidnapped after killing her aunt and uncle.
Sat, Sep 21, 1963
When a troublemaker on the wagon train kills an Indian, the tribe wants revenge and demands that wagonmaster Buck Coulter hand over the killer to them for punishment. Coulter must make a decision whether to turn the man over to the Indians, where he faces certain death, or refuse the Indians' demands and risk an attack on the wagon train.
Sat, Oct 19, 1963
A girl runs away from a band of buffalo skinners and seeks shelter with the wagon train. The ruthless leader of the skinners demands her return, but Coulter refuses. Then an old nemesis of Doc and Jaimie comes upon the skinners' camp and offers to get the girl for them---and hopes to get his revenge in the process.
Sat, Nov 30, 1963
In a lighter episode, Jaimie, stricken with a high fever due to chicken pox, conjures up the story of a sea captain and his converted ship traveling through the West, guided by only the stars at night and his wife's astrological expertise. Unfortunately the captain makes a deal with the unscrupulous Murrel and his cohort Shep which could get him into deep trouble---with the Indians as well as the crooks. Buck Coulter appears for the last time here despite his fate in the previous episode.
Sat, Dec 7, 1963
When Jaimie encounters a runaway boy, they are both captured and taken to a run-down orphanage where all the boys are shackled together, beaten, and forced to work the fields. Only the female indentured servant of the ruthless headmaster is able to get to Doc and Linc and try to let them know what is going on. Linc Murdock becomes the new wagon train guide beginning with this episode.
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Sat, Dec 14, 1963
A group of miners come to Doc with gold nuggets and offer to show him the location of the mine if he will attend to the pregnant daughter of the camp's leader. When he hesitates, their guns give him no choice in the matter. Jaimie secretly follows him to the camp, where Doc learns that the young woman is four months from giving birth, and that the miners want him to stay with her for at least that long.