A man, whose secret code cyphers are vital to the Americans, is held captive by the British. Daniel is sent behind enemy lines to rescue him and bring him back.
The US Government wants to negotiate a right of passage through Wyandot land. Daniel agrees to help by escorting his friend Chief Campuits to Gen. Grosscup. But once in the fort Grosscup double crosses Boone and throws them both into jail.
Gabe encounters a child with a doll that he believes could have only been made by his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, and sets out to find her.
While on the road to Richmond Daniel is robbed by a pair of highwaymen, one of whom is a woman. Once free Daniel and a fellow traveler, a constable, set off in pursuit.
Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.
When Chief White Cloud is murdered by a trapper, Mingo, his appointed successor, is duty bound to bring him back to the tribe. Daniel thinks he should stand trial in Salem and their friendship is put to the test - a fight to the death.
Daniel and Gabe become prisoners of the British after blowing up an important bridge. After escaping custody with another prisoner, they slowly work their way home through enemy territory. But they may be pawns in a larger plan.
An Indian brave attends the school to learn about the white man's ways. The school kids want the teacher to teach them more about the Indians, but he will have nothing to do with "savages". The kids in return begin a protest movement.
A young Cherokee boy is shot and is near death. Daniel Boone must find out who shot the boy in order to head off the angry Cherokee tribe from retaliating against everyone, killing many innocent people.
When a villager's son is sentenced to hang by the British, the father kidnaps an injured British soldier to trade for his son, leaving the soldier in the care of the villager's daughter. Daniel Boone then sets out to free both young men.