Buffalo Story
Original Airdate: 2/12/1978

screenshots / How The West Was Won: Buffalo Story (S2.E1) / 1978 MGM Television

The series starred James Arness, whose later credits included the TV-movie Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), which featured television Tarzan actor Joe Lara.

Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island) won a 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Satangkai, a Sioux chief whose tribe clashes with Russian royalty hunting buffalo.

This episode also features Hammer horror Dracula actor Christopher Lee, guest starring in the role of The Grand Duke.