The Adventures of Jim Bowie

2 seasons available

An adventurer meets interesting people.
Epitaph for an Indian
S2 E1

Jim must inform the father when his Indian friend is killed, but when he arrives, he learns his friend's father has just been shot.

Flowers for McDonough
S2 E2

Jim finds himself outsmarted by a canny Scotsman.

Irishman
S2 E3

Jim is the victim of mistaken identity when he buys the contract of an indentured servant, only to have that servant tell an innkeeper that Jim is really the servant.

Counterfeit Dixie
S2 E4

Jim enlists the help of a former pickpocket when he tries to bust a gang of counterfeiters.

Bullet Metal
S2 E5

Jim considers purchasing a lead mine, but the current owner doesn't want to sell if the mine's lode will be used to make munitions.

Quarantine
S2 E6

Jim risks his life to retrieve a stolen shipment of desperately needed smallpox vaccine.

A Fortune for Madame
S2 E7

Jim considers buying some land, but when he learns the previous owners were recently scammed out of the plot, he works to help them get it back.

House Divided
S2 E8

When Jim is shot, he ends up recovering in the home of a wealthy family, where one of the women treating him asks him not to identify his attacker.

The Whip
S2 E9

While negotiating to buy cotton, Jim realizes that much of the labor at the farm comes from the local prison.

Pearls of Talimeco
S2 E10

Bowie and a friend make up a wild story to trick a crooked shopkeeper who has been cheating Sam McCullers.

Charivari
S2 E11

Jim is suspicious when his elderly friend dies on his wedding night.

Hare and Tortoise
S2 E12

Jim uncovers a landowners' plot to get the state capital moved to their property.

Bridegroom
S2 E13

Jim pretends to be a prospective groom for the daughter of a wealthy French family, hoping the ruse will help him escape a waterfront gang.

The Alligator
S2 E14

Jim investigates when a woman apparently is frightened to death by a baby alligator hidden inside a doll.

Country Girl
S2 E15

Sibling aristocrats seek money from both Rachel and Jim.

Mexican Adventure
S2 E16

Jim and Jean Lafitte help an American diplomat being held by Mexican authorities.

Silk Purse
S2 E17

When Jim wins the services of a young woman in a poker game, he tries to teach her what it means to be a lady.

Choctaw Honor
S2 E18

Jim comes to the aid of a member of the Choctaw tribe who has been accused of murder and robbery by his tribe.

Close Shave
S2 E19

Jim gets an anonymous letter threatening his life.

Pirate on Horseback
S2 E20

The search for a missing necklace leads Bowie to a criminal brotherhood planning to take over the state.

Curfew Cannon
S2 E21

The Bowie brothers are invited to partner with a rich French family in a new bank.

Home Sweet Home
S2 E22

Bowie delegates a gambler to sell tickets to a benefit.

Deaf Smith
S2 E23

Deaf Smith comes to Jim's aid during a bandit attack.

Ursula
S2 E24

While in San Antonio, Bowie meets the woman who will become his wife.

Apache Silver
S2 E25

Bowie happens upon a treasure map but using it could disrupt the fragile peace with a local Indian tribe.

A Grave for Jim Bowie
S2 E26

John Chapman and Jim Bowie save each other's lives in two unexpected situations.

Up the Creek
S2 E27

Captured by a family of grifters, Bowie is forced to pay a dowry not to wed the family's marriageable daughter; once free, Bowie and a friend try to recoup the money.

The Lion's Cub
S2 E28

Bowie's joke backfires, leading to him serving as an Englishman's valet.

Horse Thief
S2 E29

Jim buys a horse for the daughter of his business partner, unaware the horse had been stolen from the wife of a local Indian chief.

Jim Bowie, Apache
S2 E30

Jim joins the Lipan Apache tribe and helps in the conflict against the Comanches.

The Brothers
S2 E31

Bowie tries to recruit a young army lieutenant to assist in his plan to develop an Apache silver mine in Texas, but the lieutenant's family has other plans for the man.

Patron of the Arts
S2 E32

Jim is embroiled in a complicated deal in his attempt to purchase a plantation.

Bad Medicine
S2 E33

Jim guides a doctor to tend to the ill son of a Choctaw Indian chief.

A Night in Tennessee
S2 E34

Bowie agrees to help local Tennessee politicians campaign against Davy Crockett in his bid for Congress, but things become contentious when Bowie objects to their methods.

Bowie's Baby
S2 E35

Jim saves a baby from a burning wagon along the trail.

The Cave
S2 E36

Bowie hunts for a bride who's kidnapped shortly after her wedding.

Man on the Street
S2 E37

Bowie offers to make a deal with a broke Creole aristocrat who can't make good on gambling debts.

The Puma
S2 E38

A reporter, on an errand for Bowie, is mistaken for him by a number of travelers on the trail.

The Birth of the Blade
S1 E1

After his rifle misfires during a close encounter with a bear, Jim approaches a blacksmith to suggest a different kind of knife.

The Squatters
S1 E2

Bowie (Scott Forbes) tries to help an immigrant couple who are about to be evicted. Regina: Jeanne Moody. Johann: Steven Geray. Katrina: Virginia Christine.

An Adventure With Audubon
S1 E3

Jim is amused when his friend is mistaken for the missing son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Deputy Sheriff
S1 E4

Jim takes a turn as a volunteer deputy to guard a prisoner, but he begins to doubt the prisoner's guilt.

The Trapline
S1 E5

Jim believes a fur company may be trying to drive him away by killing any Cajun trapper with whom he does business.

Broomstick Wedding
S1 E6

A case of mistaken identity leads an angry farmer to decide that Jim must marry his daughter in a shotgun wedding.

Natchez Trace
S1 E7

Jim is asked to protect a group of travelers from a bandit preying on people along the road to Natchez.

Jim Bowie Comes Home
S1 E8

Jim's family takes on the local saloonkeeper, who has different visions of the town's future.

Ghost of Jean Battoo
S1 E9

Jim assists farmers who are being forced to pay protection money to an old woman who threatens to unleash the ghost of a Louisiana pirate on them.

The Secessionist
S1 E10

President Jackson asks Jim's friend to prevent a group of planters from seceding from the union.

The Land Jumpers
S1 E11

While traveling along the Mississippi, Jim is bushwhacked by settlers who accuse him of being a land-grabber.

The Select Females
S1 E12

While traveling to New Orleans, Jim encounters two women from a school, searching for one of their students, who is planning to elope.

Bowie and His Slave
S1 E13

Jim learns that a slave he had freed has been recaptured and is about to be sold at a slave auction.

Outlaw Kingdom
S1 E14

Jim goes in search of a gang of river pirates who've stolen his cargo.

The Swordsman
S1 E15

Jim is distracted by a beautiful woman while traveling to New Orleans to buy an estate.

The Return of the Alcibiade
S1 E16

Jim sets out to find the thief who stole the Christmas gift he purchased for his mother.

Monsieur Francois
S1 E17

Bowie aids a French boy and his aunt who are victimized by confidence tricksters.

A Horse for Old Hickory
S1 E18

Jim finds himself bidding against Sam Houston when he tries to buy a racehorse to give to the president.

The Beggar of New Orleans
S1 E19

Jim tries to help a former fencing champion who's down on his luck.

Osceola
S1 E20

Jim steps in when the army tries to relocate the Seminole Indians from their lands.

Master of Arms
S1 E21

Bowie's lottery ticket purchase leads the man who sold it to him to try and rob Bowie of the large sum of money he's carrying.

Convoy Gold
S1 E22

Jim must escort a shipment of gold to New Orleans.

Spanish Intrigue
S1 E23

Bowie makes an agreement to sell supplies to Don Carlo Miro, unaware that Miro is acting as an agent for supporters of Simon Bolivar, and that the Spanish king wants to stop the sale.

Bayou Tontine
S1 E24

Naturalist James Audubon asks Jim to protect a young heiress.

German George
S1 E25

Jim hunts for the man who swindled and killed his friend.

An Eye for an Eye
S1 E26

Hoping to prevent an Indian uprising, Bowie shares the story of John Smith and Pocahontas with a Cherokee princess.

The Captain's Chimp
S1 E27

The pet chimpanzee of a kidnapped captain ends up in Bowie's hotel room.

Jackson's Assassination
S1 E28

Jim is unwittingly dragged into a plot to assassinate President Jackson.

Rezin Bowie, Gambler
S1 E29

Jim's brother makes a big gambling win and believes he is good enough to be professional, unaware he's being set up.

Thieves' Market
S1 E30

Jim gives a young Frenchman a tour of the infamous New Orleans market, where they are attacked and robbed.

The Pearl and the Crown
S1 E31

Jim, annoyed by a newspaper editor's poem about him, becomes a prime suspect when the paper's editor is murdered.

The General's Disgrace
S1 E32

Jim is suspicious after a rash of hold-ups and thinks the blame may lie with the son of an army general.

The Lottery
S1 E33

Jim organizes a lottery to benefit an orphanage, but the men he hired to run it have other plans for the cash.

The Intruder
S1 E34

Jim decides to help a youngster caught burglarizing Jim's friend's house rather than turn him over to the law.

Country Cousin
S1 E35

Jim's family is upset when Jim gets his cousin in on a deal that ends up being a scam.

The Bound Girl
S1 E36

Jim tries to help a young Irish girl who's been indentured to a nasty widower.

Bounty Hunter
S1 E37

A bounty hunter targets Jim and his friend after the pair inadvertently help a fugitive escape.

Gone to Texas
S1 E38

Jim visits the Mexican state of Texas, hoping to buy land, but he's arrested as a spy and sentenced to death.