Hoss and Joe come across a pregnant Indian woman while hunting bighorn sheep and must deliver her baby. Despite touches of humor, including a scene in which Joe refers to a meal as "cattle fodder", the story does not have an altogether happy ending.
Cast of Bonanza
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop Sing
Ray TealSheriff Roy Coffee
Jack GordonTownsman (uncredited)
Bing RussellDeputy Clem Foster
David CanaryCandy Canaday
Rudy DoucetteTownsman (uncredited)
Mitch VogelJamie Hunter
Tim MathesonGriff King
Kathie BrowneLaura Dayton
Dub TaylorLuke Calhoun
Ford RaineyCol. Tyson
Morgan WoodwardWill McNab
Guy WilliamsWill Cartwright
Charles MaxwellJack Groat
John GeorgeTownsman (uncredited)
Lou FrizzellDusty Rhodes
DeForest KelleyTully
Katie SweetPeggy Dayton
Mariette HartleyLola Fairmont
Claude AkinsMarshal Emmett Dowd
Strother MartinLonnie Stern
Anna NavarroConsuela
Dabbs GreerDoc Tasker Dunkatt
Roy EngelDr. Thomas
Al BainTownsman (uncredited)
Ann PrentissWilhelmina Calhoun
Jim DavisSam Wolfe
Jack ElamDodie Hoad
Melissa MurphyJenny Winters
Eric FlemingHeber Clauson
R. G. ArmstrongAndrew Holloway
Jacqueline ScottWilla Cord
Bonnie BedeliaAlice Harper
James CoburnRoss Marquette
John SaxonChief Jocova
Leo GordonEarly Thorne
Joe TurkelLupe
Victor FrenchJesse Potter
Warren StevensOwen Driscoll
Tony ColtiOrv Pettis (as Anthony Colti)
Irene TedrowKerri Pickett
Robert MiddletonC.J. Shasta
Harry HarveyDoc Martin - Coroner
Slim PickensSheriff Renard
Robert LansingJed Trask
Joe De SantisSamuel Michelson
Hal TaggartTownsman (uncredited)
Robert FoulkSeth
Raymond GuthToothless
John HarmonWeasel
Dawn WellsMoon Holt
Tom LowellJabez Ludlow
Neville BrandDoyle
Joan HackettJudith Corman
Tom SkerrittJerry
Vera MilesApril Christopher
Linda Gaye ScottDixie Wells
David HuddlestonDoc Scully
Diane ShaletKatie York
Louise LathamHarriet Clinton
Brooke BundyAnnie Kane
Diane BakerNorma O'Casey
Buddy EbsenCactus Murphy
Andrew RobinsonJohn Harper
Lola DeemAnn
Linda FosterJennifer Yardley
Linda LawsonMaria Hackett
John RandolphDonavan
George KennedyPeter Long
Joan FreemanHallie Shannon
Clifton JamesMr. Quarry
Beth BrickellEmily McPhail
Dina MerrillSusannah Clauson
Lois NettletonElizabeth Ann Clauson
Albert SalmiAlbie
Barry SullivanMark Burdette
Sue Ane LangdonJennifer Flinch
Anne HelmMeredith Smith / Callie Martin
Jan-Michael VincentRick Miller
John McIntireOld Charlie Conners
Ted KnightHalloran
Sue RandallSue Watson
Jason EversJ.D. Lambert
Edward PlattWade Colly
Noah Beery Jr.Lothario Larkin
Royal DanoMatt Jeffers
Harry Dean StantonBilly
Laurie MitchellHarriet
Jay NovelloFairfax
Brioni FarrellRegina Rossi
Davey DavisonLouise Corman
Cal BolderArnie 'The Ape' Guthrie
Simon OaklandWilliam Poole
Jean WillesAmelia Terry
John DoucetteSid Talbott
Ben JohnsonSgt. Samuel Bellis
Charles DierkopSawyer
Sally KellermanKathleen Walker
Marshall ReedHammond
Herbert LyttonAbe McClane
Will GeerFerris Callahan
Don BarryBud Claggett
Henry HullSheriff B. Banneman Brown
Glenn CorbettReverend Paul Watson
Tom BosleyTitus Simpson
William DemarestEnos Milford
Dale Van SickelMiner (uncredited)
Steve RainesDarrel Brightman
Edward FaulknerBob Stevens
Robert J. WilkeSheriff Claude T. Booker
Sandra SmithAnn Purcell
Denver PyleSheriff Ed
Penny SantonMaria Rossi
Dana ElcarCaleb Milton
Michael StefaniLorenzo Rossi
Russ ConwayDave Hart
G. D. SpradlinJenks
Len LesserArt Fancher
Walter BrookeTobias Wentworth Finch
John IndrisanoBrawler (uncredited)
Dorothy NeumannMrs. Wightman (uncredited)
Stafford ReppCarter
Robert AdlerStage Driver
Maudie PrickettMrs. Ellery
Richard ReevesClayton
Gerald MohrCato Troxell
Adam WilliamsMuller
Ted GehringArch Tremayne
Ron NymanMiner (uncredited)
Bruce DernCully Maco
Paul FixBuford Sturgis
Tol AveryAlmont
Mark TapscottHamilton
John BeckWalt Nagel
Edith AtwaterRoberta Lund
Jeff CoreyTuck Dowling
Frank OvertonAmos Crenshaw
J. Pat O'MalleyBig Mac
Gregory WalcottFarmer Perkins
Marie WindsorMrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
John HoytMajor Sutcliffe
Yvonne De CarloLotta Crabtree
George MacreadyAlpheus Troy
Luana AndersJulie
Tommy SandsWiley Kane
Tom TullySundown Davis
Elizabeth PerryRuthie Davis
Kelly ThordsenJed Drugan
Helen FunaiLim Toy
Allyn Ann McLerieCharity Moffet
Bob BarkerMort
Franchot ToneDenver McKee
Fletcher AllenBecker
Jack CarrCard Player
Barry KelleyAaron Cooper
Willis BoucheyGeorge Garvey
Jimmy CarterKavanaugh's Grandson
Dorothy GreenLaura
Linda BennettFrancine
Olive SturgessNancy
Jan NorrisMeg (as Jane Norris)
Frank FergusonAbner
John RodneyEdwin Booth
Pat CrowleyJulia Grant (as Patricia Crowley)
Natalie TrundyConnie McKee
Jill HaworthGillian Harwood
Tracy StratfordSusan Clarke
Jon ShankTim Moss
Kevin O'NealReb
Nicolas BeauvyRon Lewis
Ron HowardTed Hoag
David LaddBilly Allen
Guy PrescottCharlie
John EldredgeMr. Sherman
Madeleine SherwoodVella Owens
Anjanette ComerJoan Wingate
Gena RowlandsRagan Miller
Meg FosterEvangeline Woodtree
Sandra EgoHaida
Louis Gossett Jr.Buck Walter
Yaphet KottoChild Barnett
Kelly Jean PetersMissy Hamilton
Loretta SwitEllen Sue Greely
Sandy DuncanAngeline
Kathleen WiddoesAnna Kosovo
Terry MooreLydia Yates
Susan Seaforth HayesHollybelle Burnside
Dennis HopperDev Farnum
Charles BronsonHarry Starr
Telly SavalasCharles Augustus Hackett
Rory CalhounTom Wilson
Sandra WarnerNancy Collings
Harold J. StoneChad Cord
Kathryn HaysPrudence Jessup
Karen CarlsonTheodora Duffy