Hondo - Season 1

Episodes

Hondo and the Eagle Claw

Hondo Lane, former cavalry scout who has lived with the Apaches, is asked by Colonel Crook, Army Commander in the Arizona Territory, to help bring peace between the Indians and the white man.

Sep 8, 1967

Season 1Episode 260 min

Hondo and the War Cry

When the Apache chief, Vittoro, agrees to meet and talk peace with Indian scout, Hondo Lane and the Arizona Territory army commander, renegade Indians attack a mine, setting off a full-scale Indian war.

Sep 15, 1967

Season 1Episode 360 min

Hondo and the War Hawks

In an additional gesture to assist the white man and Apache live together in peace, Colonel Crook has given authorization to Hondo to provide the Indians with guns and ammunition for hunting in order to feed their families.

Oct 20, 1967

Season 1Episode 860 min

Hondo and the Mad Dog

Soldiers Barton and Mills are searching for hydrophobic animals. Mills reminds Barton he owes him money and Barton murders him, hiding his body on the desert. Sam witnesses it and knows the burial spot so when a white wolf bites Johnny Dow Barton helps to pin the blame on Sam, hoping he will be destroyed as rabid. Hondo saw the white wolf but no one else did. Barton and other town folks lead by Liebel don't believe Hondo, who strikes a bargain with Dr. Paul and Captain Richards giving him 20 hours to find the white wolf before Sam's brain is examined to see if he is rabid. Sam escapes the building he is being kept in and Barton sets out to make sure he is killed. This leads to a confrontation with Hondo, Sam and the white wolf.

Oct 27, 1967

Season 1Episode 960 min

Hondo and the Judas

Hondo receives a letter to meet in the ghost town of New Caanan signed with a Q. While on his way three cowboys recognize him and trail him waiting their chance to take him, thinking the reward for him is still good. When he arrives in New Caanan he is greeted by his former confederate commanding officer Colonel William Quantrill, who he thought was dead. Soon Jesse and Frank James arrive accompanied by Cole and Jim Younger and Charley and Bob Ford. The last of old army unit, Johnny Reno, rides in and Quantrill announces he has assembled them for two reasons. The first is two rob a $200,000 U.S. Army payroll shipment and the second is to find out who the Judas is that shot him in the back and left him for dead. Hondo decides he doesn't want any part of it and while riding out stops to water his horse where he is ambushed by the three cowboys but saved by Quantrill, who followed him. Quantrill later forces the Judas' hand in a saloon showdown. The results, however, force them t

Nov 3, 1967

Season 1Episode 1060 min

Hondo and the Comancheros

The stage Hondo and Angie are on is attacked by comancheros lead by Rodrigo. When Rodrigo discovers there is no payroll he takes Angie hostage, demanding a $3,000 ransom. Hondo returns to Fort Lowell and attempts to raise the ransom but falls well short. Captain Richards says he cannot assist as that would mean going into Mexico. Hondo rides out to keep the rendezvous with Rodrigo, which is in Mexico, while Buffalo Baker rides to Col. Crook to see if he will help. Angie's presence in the comanchero camp arouses jealousy in Teresa, Rodrigo's girl, and she attempts to kill Angie. Hondo arrives but it is soon discovered he does not have the $3,000 and Rodrigo is ready to hang him until Hondo tells him of a $10,000 Army payroll being transported in the U.S. the next day. Hondo and Angie are taken along on the payroll holdup and during the attack on the pay wagon Teresa again tries to kill Angie. Hondo has to try and rescue her and fend off Rodrigo at the same time.

Nov 10, 1967

Season 1Episode 1160 min

Hondo and the Sudden Town

Ex-Senator Knight and his aide Martin Blaine arrive in the territory and re-open an abandoned silver mine. Soon a ghost town near the mine is populated and renamed Silver Knight. The Senator and Blaine begin selling land to others who want to share in the silver. A man named Kelso shows up and demands money from Blaine for work he has done. Blaine pays him and then arranges for his murder. Kelso is shot and scalped to blame it on the Apaches, who are upset about white men coming onto their land. The mine goes into operation but Hondo and Buffalo's friend Willie tells them there isn't much silver being mined. It is soon announced that the first shipment of silver, worth $75,000, is being shipped out. Hondo soon figures out that Senator Knight and Blaine are actually shipping in silver from Mexico, which can be bought for a cheaper price, and passing it off as mined in the U.S. so they can make a huge profit on the difference in price.

Nov 17, 1967

Season 1Episode 1260 min

Hondo and the Ghost of Ed Dow

The Hendrix Trading Post, which is also a school for the Apaches, is raided by four men lead by Selby. Mrs. Hendrix manages to rip a piece off Selby's shirt. Ben Dow, Angie's father-in-law and Johnny's grandfather, arrives to visit. He has been told by Angie that his son Ed was killed by an Apache but soon learns he was killed by Hondo. He then vows to take Johnny away from Angie. Hondo recalls how he met Angie and Johnny, rescuing them from four Apaches, and the circumstances of Ed Dow's death. Tribolet cuts a deal with Selby and the raiders, who shoot Mr. Hendrix and burn the Hendrix trading post. He also tells Ben Dow he can get Johnny away from Angie for him and has a couple of the raiders kidnap him. During his meeting with Selby Ben Down learns his son Ed was part of their gang and was killed while trying to bushwhack Hondo. Using a shirt of Johnny's for scent Sam is able to lead Hondo and Buffalo to the hideout where they battle Selby and his gang. Knowing the truth Be

Nov 24, 1967

Season 1Episode 1360 min

Hondo and the Death Drive

Hondo and Buffalo are sent by Colonel Crook to head up a sheep drive to provide food for the Apaches. Cattleman Ben Cobb is against it and hires Allie, one of the sheep drovers, to sabotage the drive. Cobb sends renegade Coro and his small band to kill everyone on the drive but they are no match for Hondo, Buffalo and the drovers. Cobb then sends two of his men to poison a waterhole. Hondo and Buffalo kill one of the men and capture the other during a gunfight. Hondo takes the captured man back to Cobb and interrupts a meeting intended to enlist other cattlemen against the sheep drive. Cobb jails Hondo but Buffalo manages to break him out. Cobb and the cattlemen attack in the morning but Hondo gets the drop on him and forces him to call off the attack. Allie then tells them of Cobb's plot to steal their land. The sheep are delivered to the Apaches.

Dec 1, 1967

Season 1Episode 1460 min

Hondo and the Hanging Town

Hondo tries to clear an Army Private accused of murder.

Dec 8, 1967

Season 1Episode 1560 min

Hondo and the Gladiators

Sam is dog-napped by a traveling showman who fights dogs.

Dec 15, 1967

Season 1Episode 1660 min

Hondo and the Apache Trail

The slaying Apache Kid runs away as Hondo is taking him in for an Army trial. In hot pursuit, Hondo discovers more atrocities committed by the Kid, and promises Chief Vittoro he will deal with the killer the Apache way.

Dec 22, 1967

Season 1Episode 1760 min