The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Jim's Native American friend has been killed. When Jim goes to his home to deliver the news to his father, he finds that his friend's father has also just been shot.

A canny Scotsman outfoxes Jim in a real estate deal.

Jim purchases the contract of an indentured servant, but when they stop at an inn the man tricks the innkeeper into believing that he is the master and Jim is the servant.

In order to break up a gang of counterfeiters, Jim asks for help from a former pickpocket and a former horse thief.

Jim is interested in buying a lead mine, but runs into a problem: the owner is a pacifist who won't sell the mine if it will be used to make ammunition.

A desperately needed shipment of smallpox vaccine is stolen and Jim risks his life to get it back.

Jim is interested in buying some land, but he discovers that the owners have just been scammed out of it. He sets out to help them get it back.

Jim gets shot and finds himself recovering from his wound in the mansion of a wealthy family. However, one of the young women who is treating him asks him not to identify the person who shot him.

During negotiations to purchase cotton, Bowie discovers that much of the cotton farm's labor is provided by a prison comandante part of a special business deal.

Bowie and a Native American friend make up a wild story to trick a crooked storekeeper who is cheating Bowie's friend Sam McCullers, but their plan backfires.

Jim's suspicions are aroused when an elderly friend dies suddenly on his wedding night.

Jim discovers a scheme to enrich the owners of a piece of land by getting the state to move its capital there.

To try to escape from a pursuing gang of waterfront toughs, Bowie pretends to be a prospective bridegroom for a wealthy French family's daughter.

Bowie investigates the death of a woman who has been frightened to death by a baby alligator hidden in a doll.

Bowie and Rachel are separately asked to lend bribe money to an aristocratic brother and sister.

Bowie and Jean Lafitte assist an American diplomat who is being held by Mexican authorities. In turn, the diplomat uses his medical training to help deliver a baby.

Bowie unexpectedly wins the services of an unrefined young woman from her father in a poker game. He attempts to teach her what it means to be a lady.

An anonymous letter writer threatens Bowie's life.

In search of a stolen necklace, Bowie infiltrates a criminal brotherhood which is bent on taking over the state.

A rich French family entices the Bowie brothers to be their partners in a new bank.

Bowie trusts a gambler to sell tickets to a benefit for actor/songwriter John Howard Payne.

Deaf Smith intervenes when Bowie is attacked by bandits.

While in San Antonio on business, Bowie accidentally meets his future wife, Ursula.

While in San Antonio, Bowie obtains a map to a lost Spanish silver mine in Apache territory. However, seeking the mine could jeopardize peaceful relations with the local Lipan Apaches.

John Chapman rescues Bowie following a riverboat explosion. In turn, Bowie saves Chapman from murderers who are looking for a supposed inheritance.

A family of backwoods grifters captures Bowie and convinces him to pay a dowry in exchange for not marrying the family's daughter.

Bowie thinks he's pulling a joke on an Englishman who makes an offer to buy his "bear repellent," but the joke backfires and he winds up serving as the man's valet.

Bowie purchases a horse from an old friend for Ursula, the daughter of his business partner and future Mrs. Bowie.

Bowie joins the Lipan Apache tribe. He helps them in their war with the Comanches, who are assisted by Bowie's old horse trading friend Cephas.

Bowie returns to Louisiana to organize an expedition to rediscover and develop the Apache silver mine in Texas. He meets a young army lieutenant, Jeff Davis, who is interested in his plan.

A plantation owner is willing to sell his plantation to Bowie, but the price is a rare Venetian painting. The painting's owner is willing to sell, but, unbeknownst to Bowie, it's actually a dupe.

The federal government tells Choctaw tribes to move from Mississippi to Arkansas, but one tribe refuses because the chief's son is sick.

While visiting Tennessee, local politicians enlist Bowie's help in defeating Davy Crockett for Congress. Bowie agrees to help them but then refuses their smear tactics.

On the trail, Bowie rescues a sole surviving baby from a burning covered wagon. When the local sheriff refuses to get involved, a tavern owner agrees to watch the baby.

Bowie tracks a seemingly delusional young bride who is kidnapped following her wedding. He learns that she may have been hypnotized, so he sets a trap for the suspected hypnotist.

An aristocrat loses heavily at the crap tables. When he refuses to honor his IOU, Bowie offers him a partnership to develop the land in exchange for canceling the debt.

Tebbs asks Jess Miller to travel to San Antonio and retrieve $7,000 for Bowie. In route, Miller is mistaken for Bowie, first by bandits whose leader needs his help and then by a corrupt colonel.