The Boone cabin is invaded by a Seneca war party which carries off Rebecca; British Captain William Butler (Rhodes Reason) intends to use her hostage status to compel Daniel's help in rallying tribes to the Crown's side in the upcoming Revolutionary War. Daniel has his own cards to play as he attempts rescue.
Two guest star specialists provide the hour's protagonists, both future alumni of "Star Trek: The Original Series." Reason (Flavius in "Bread and Circuses") is another slippery Brit officer like the one provided by Michael Rennie a few installments back. Madlyn Rhue (Lt. Marla McGivers and groupie of Khan in "Space Seed") is a Seneca queen of mixed Native and French descent. In a rarity this early in the series, we get a strong female agent who plays off Dan and the British against each other. Tending the home fires is Ellen Corby, the future Grandma on "The Walton's."
Another history-based hour, and one that lends itself to some untangling:
* Again, no pre-Revolution maneuverings by Boone and the Kentuckians; the settlement went up about the time of the first shots in Massachusetts.
* The Seneca are a New York-based tribe of the Six Nations, admitted as such in the dialogue; they would have little reason to be in Kentucky.
* Rhue's Seneca character claims the land west from the Appalachians to the Mississippi; no real basis for that.
* The draw for both sides is a council to be called by British Six Nations agent Sir Guy Johnson in western New York to rally the western tribes for the crown. Johnson is a real historical personage, but he was preoccupied with Mohawk Valley affairs throughout the war, and his mandate did not extend to Kentucky.
* Reason's William Butler character is based on the real-life Lt. Col. John Butler, who led a Loyalist unit known as Butler's Rangers. The Rangers mainly operated in New York and Pennsylvania, but in the later war one company engaged the Patriots in West Va. And Ohio - including the 1782 Battle of Blue Licks, at which the real Israel Boone was KIA.
This and the previous Revolution-themed episode are not overly action-heavy, and more akin to the soundstage "You Are There" CBS dramatized history presentations of the early 1960's. Still, inaccuracies forgiven again, the DB series deserves much credit for bringing out in prime time names, places, personas, and themes of the Revolution in a dramatically engaging manner.