The Virginian - Season 9 - Eps 16: The Animal
On the way home Tate finds himself in the middle of hunting party where the prey is a young Shawnee boy. Tate discovering the boy is deaf-mute takes him to jail after learning he is wanted for murder but finds he becomes the boy's lawyer.
About The Virginian

Title: The Virginian
First Air Date: 1962-09-19
Last Air Date: 1971-03-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 30 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 249
Network: NBC
Genres: Western, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Revue Studios, NBC
Synopsis
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
Cast

Doug McClure
Trampas

James Drury
The "Virginian"

Lee Majors
Roy Tate

Stewart Granger
Col. Alan MacKenzie