Season 9 · Episode 27

In Defense of Honor

• Release date
• April 28, 1968
• Runtime
• 49 min

Davey - a orphaned Yute that Ben helped raise and has worked as a ranch hand on the Ponderosa - falls in love with one of his own. A fellow Yute's jealousy over the blossoming relationship, and later his murder jeopardize a treaty between the white man (which Ben has helped negotiate) and the Yutes.