Rogers must learn why his men are being killed and stripped of their uniforms before an envoy with important dispatches reaches the Crown Point area. He suspects that a new trading post owner and his beautiful daughter are involved and details Ensign Towne to learn more about the recent arrivals, much to the young man's delight. Directed by: Alan Crosland Jr. Writers: Antony Ellis, Kenneth Roberts Keith Larsen as Major Robert Rogers Buddy Ebsen as Sergeant Hunk Marriner Don Burnett as Ensign Langdon Towne Initially broadcast on February 20,1959. Major Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced explorer and Indian fighter, were Hunk Marriner, another experienced Indian fighter, and Langdon Towne, a Harvard graduate who was the map maker. The episodes told the story of their trials and tribulations searching for the Northwest Passage and their battles with both the French and Indians during this war.