Fess Parker starred as legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone who 
conducted surveys, interacted with friendly and hostile Native 
Americans, and fought for the American cause during the 
Revolutionary War all the while providing wise leadership to the 
new Kentucky settlement of Boonesborough. 
Daniel was aided in his adventures by Oxford educated Cherokee 
Mingo, lovely redheaded wife Rebecca, precocious son Israel, 
teenage daughter Jemima, tavern keeper Cincinnatus, runaway slave 
turned Native American chief Gabriel Cooper, and amiable oafs 
Yadkin and Josh Clements