Yadkin is attempting to trade a blunderbuss (unlikely for late 18th century Kentucky) to the Cherokee for furs when apparently Mingo and other tribesmen arrive and open fire on the trader and customers; Yadkin survives and makes it back to Boonesborough, where Daniel takes up the case.
Season 1 progresses with a development of the Dan-Mingo relationship. No major guest roles, but this early in the series its a pleasure to nostalgically note the production values - folksy rendition of the theme song, panoramic (matte painting?) views of the fort, and nighttime stage photography that emit at least remotely the sense we are looking at a period scene.
We are still setting the Boonesborough scene, not altogether pleasingly to the senses. To capture the Disney-Crockett audience Israel is given disproportionate dialogue, and at this point Darby Hinton is just too young to do much other than screech. The townsfolk in this one are not really distinct, but serving as the standard Western vengence-infused mob.
The plot rationale by this point should be or will become familiar to any consumer of 1960's genre TV, so no need for detailed summary (all right, see Brent Spiner on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" if you need a clue). Worth a minute is an examination of the Mingo character. By 1964 a pidgin-speaking Tonto character was no longer going to cut it in prime time, but the idea of cultivating Native American actors for Native American roles was a dish simply too complicated for network consumption. Hence Ed Ames as the halfway house. Though of Ukrainian-Jewish heritage, he was always able to infuse the Mingo character with strong individual agency and sophistication, and one not afraid to butt heads with Daniel if required. Plus, the innovation of making Mingo of mixed Anglo-Native parentage and an Oxford graduate opened up some unique storylines.
Black and white photography also obscures the mistaken depiction of mid-South Indians as Great Plains tribesmen, which will prove more glaring in the color episodes. One scene does show Mingo returning from a horse-stealing raid on the Shawnee; unlikely among the less-pastoral mid-continent tribes, but at least the Shawnee are set up for future antagonist work.
A fair amount of action in the denouement keeps the series' launch moving along well.