Season 1 · Episode 21

Survival

Season
Season 1
Episode
21 (21 overall)
First aired
February 26, 1975
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: Charles Ingalls

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What happens

A ferocious blizzard traps the Ingalls family, along with a lawman who is stranded with them. When Charles goes out into the storm he nearly freezes to death.

He is saved by a Native American man who is on the run from the law. Once the storm passes, Charles has to decide how to repay the stranger who saved his life. A gripping winter survival story.

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