The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1, Episode 1: The Birth of the Blade

1

The Birth of the Blade

How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

30 min

2

The Squatter

Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.

30 min

3

An Adventure with Audubon

Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.

30 min

4

Deputy Sheriff

Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.

30 min

5

Trapline

A fur company is apparently trying to keep the Cajun fur trappers in line by killing anyone who trades with an independent dealer - like Jim Bowie.

30 min

6

Broomstick Wedding

A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.

30 min

7

Natchez Trace

A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.

30 min

8

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.

30 min

9

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 of a famous Louisiana pirate.

30 min

10

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 out of seceding from the Union.

30 min

11

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 to the property, which is verified by a local judge.

30 min

12

The Select Females

Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.

30 min

13

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 auction.

30 min

14

Outlaw Kingdom

Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.

30 min

15

The Swordsman

Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.

30 min

16

The Return of the Alcibiade

Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.

30 min

17

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 tricksters.

30 min

18

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.

30 min

19

The Beggar of New Orleans

Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.

30 min

20

Osceola

Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract of less desirable land.

30 min

21

Master of Arms

An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should belong to him and comes after Bowie.

30 min

22

Convoy Gold

Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.

30 min

23

Spanish Intrigue

Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.

30 min

24

Bayou Tontine

Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.

30 min

25

German George

Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.

30 min

26

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 of John Smith and Pocahontas.

30 min

27

The Captain's Chimp

Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.

30 min

28

Jackson Assassination

Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.

30 min

29

Rezin Bowie, Gambler

Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.

30 min

30

Thieves' Market

When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.

30 min

31

The Pearl and the Crown

After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.

30 min

32

The General's Disgrace

Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.

30 min

33

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 will collect the winnings.

30 min

34

The Intruder

Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.

30 min

35

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.

30 min

36

The Bound Girl

Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.

30 min

37

Bounty Hunter

When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.

30 min

38

Gone to Texas

As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is trying to kill him.

30 min