Hawkeye (The First Frontier)
Hawkeye is a television series, airing in syndication for one season during 1994-1995, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell. The series was filmed in North Vancouver and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Based on characters from the Leatherstocking Tales, a set of novels written by James Fenimore Cooper, the series takes place in 1755 Hudson Valley, New York during the French and Indian War. It follows the main character, Natty Bumppo, his Native American companion Chingachgook, trading post owner Elizabeth Shields and other people stationed at or living in the vicinity of Fort Bennington.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Sep 18, 1994
- Popularity: 4.757
- 7 votes
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till May 14, 1995
Last episode: The Return
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 22 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Pilot (1)60 min
Hawkeye saves Virginia merchant William Shields and his wife when they're ambushed by hostile Indians on their way to open a trading post at Fort Bennington, but then Shields is captured by the French through the machinations of his treacherous brother, an officer at the fort.
Episode 2Pilot (2)60 min
Elizabeth talks Hawkeye into guiding her to the French fort so she can negotiate for the release of her husband, but they step right into the middle of the war.
Episode 3The Bear60 min
After Elizabeth's encounter with a bear, she decides to take lessons from Hawkeye in wilderness-survival skills, in exchange for teaching Hawkeye how to read, but ammunition thieves bent on selling their stolen goods to the French interrupt them.
Episode 4The Furlough60 min
Hawkeye saves a settler from the French trader who kidnapped her, but killing him prompts revenge from the trader's Huron allies.
Episode 5The Siege60 min
The French have laid siege to the British fort, and rumor has it that they are bringing up an enormous cannon.
