Seasons & Episodes
The Birth of the Blade
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
The Squatter
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
An Adventure with Audubon
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
Deputy Sheriff
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
Trapline
A fur company is apparently trying to keep the Cajun fur trappers in line by killing anyone who trades with an independe
Broomstick Wedding
A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
Natchez Trace
A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
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.
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 o
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 ou
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
The Select Females
Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidn
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
Outlaw Kingdom
Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
The Swordsman
Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head
The Return of the Alcibiade
Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
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 tri
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.
The Beggar of New Orleans
Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
Osceola
Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract o
Master of Arms
An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should be
Convoy Gold
Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
Spanish Intrigue
Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
Bayou Tontine
Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a
German George
Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
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
The Captain's Chimp
Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
Jackson Assassination
Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
Rezin Bowie, Gambler
Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
Thieves' Market
When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by -
The Pearl and the Crown
After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.
The General's Disgrace
Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
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 w
The Intruder
Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
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.
The Bound Girl
Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean w
Bounty Hunter
When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
Gone to Texas
As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is tr
Epitaph for an Indian
When Bowie goes to his dead Indian friend's home town to deliver the news to his father, he finds that the father has ju
Flowers for McDonough
A wily Scotsman gets the better of Bowie on an important real estate deal.
The Irishman
A indentured servant, whose contract is purchased by Bowie, deludes an innkeeper that he is the master and Bowie the ser
Counterfeit Dixie
Bowie solicits the help of a former pickpocket and a former horse thief to defeat a gang of counterfeiters.
Bullet Metal
Bowie tries to purchase a lead mine, but the pacifist owner refuses to sell it to him if the metal will be used to make
Quarantine
Bowie risks his life to recover a stolen shipment of desperately needed smallpox vaccine.
A Fortune for Madame
When Bowie finds that he cannot purchase some land because the owners have just been swindled out of it, he decides to h
House Divided
Recovering from a gunshot wound in a fancy mansion, Bowie is asked by a young woman not to identify the person who shot
The Whip
While on his way to inform the authorities of a plot to misuse the labor of prisoners, Bowie is trapped in a warehouse a
Pearls of Talimeco
When Bowie and an Indian friend make up a story to send an annoying acquaintance on a wild goose chase, it comes back to
Charivari
Bowie becomes suspicious when an elderly man dies abruptly on the night of his wedding.
Hare and Tortoise
Bowie uncovers a plot to increase the value of some land upriver by moving the state capital there.
The Bridegroom
In order to hide from a waterfront gang, Bowie has to pretend to be a prospective bridegroom at a French home.
The Alligator
Inside a doll he bought as a birthday gift, Bowie finds a clue to a homicide plot.
Country Girl
Bowie and his brother's fiancee are duped by swindlers claiming that a relative has been unjustly imprisoned in Mexico.
Mexican Adventure
Bowie and his pirate friend Jean Lafitte, attempting to rescue a U.S. ambassador who has been captured by revolutionary
Silk Purse
When a hillbilly puts up his daughter as a stake in a poker game, Bowie goes along with the idea to teach him a lesson,
Choctaw Honor
When Jim Bowie is robbed, he learns that the man who robbed him is also wanted by an Indian tribe for murder.
Close Shave
An assassin after Bowie kills an innocent man instead, but that doesn't stop him.
Pirate on Horseback
Bowie tracks down an outlaw gang when he finds out that one of them is using his name.
Curfew Cannon
When Bowie and his brother learn that the bank they own in New Orleans is being robbed, they try to keep the thieves fro
Home Sweet Home
Bowie learns that foul play may be attempted at a concert arranged by his friend at the newspaper for composer John Howa
Deaf Smith
Now in Texas, Bowie encounters famous scout Deaf Smith while on the trail of an outlaw gang.
Ursula
While negotiating with Mexican government officials to build a cotton mill in Texas, Bowie is attracted to the daughter
Apache Silver
Bowie gets a lead on the location of the lost silver mine of the Apaches, but both hostile Apaches and Mexican officials
A Grave for Jim Bowie
Bowie comes to the aid of naturalist Johnny Appleseed, who has been captured by criminals who think that the riches in t
Up the Creek
When Bowie solicits help from his cousin after being swindled by a group of good-natured hillbillies, he almosts gets th
The Lion's Cub
Bowie manages to get back across the border into Texas by signing on as an Englishman's valet, but then the pair are att
Horse Thief
Bowie almost loses the friendship of the Mexican governor of Texas when an old friend turns out to be a horse thief.
Jim Bowie, Apache
Bowie becomes the blood brother of an Apache tribe whom he believes know the location of the lost silver mine he has bee
The Brothers
When young Jefferson Davis wants to join Bowie in his search for the lost mine, his older brother objects and challenges
Patron of the Arts
Looking for an investment for his mother, Bowie considers purchasing artwork instead of another plantation.
Bad Medicine
At the President's urgent request, Bowie guides a doctor to a Choctaw village to cure a sick boy, only to discover that
A Night in Tennessee
Bowie decides to run for Congress from Louisiana, and meets another frontiersman who did the same thing from Tennessee,
Bowie's Baby
In Natchez, Bowie tries to find a new home for an infant who was the sole survivor of an Indian attack, but has trouble
The Cave
Bowie tries to find out what happened to his cousin's bride, who disappeared on her wedding day after being seen with a
Man of the Streets
Owed a lot of money by a man who has no cash, Bowie makes him an offer for his land in New Orleans, and we learn the ori
The Puma
Jess Miller, in Texas to collect some money for his friend Bowie, is mistaken for Bowie by the Mexican army, who try to
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