<Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> <P> When Adam Simms (Joshua Bryant) and his shoeless son Luke move to town, Adam instantly takes a liking to Miss Eva Beadle, while Luke and Nellie fall in love . After Nellie talks with Miss Beadle, she and Luke run away to have a very short - lived marriage (about 10 minutes). In the end, Adam and Eva get married themselves, not only uniting them through their symbolic names, but causing now - Mrs. Eva Simms to become a stepmother, though annoying the officiator and his wife to no end at the ungodly hour they were woken up . (This episode features one of the first looks at the softer side of Nellie's personality . This is also the first time Mrs. Beadle - Simms's first name is used in the series .) </P> Note: Michael Landon and Karen Grassle do not appear in this episode . </Td> </Tr> <P> When Adam Simms (Joshua Bryant) and his shoeless son Luke move to town, Adam instantly takes a liking to Miss Eva Beadle, while Luke and Nellie fall in love . After Nellie talks with Miss Beadle, she and Luke run away to have a very short - lived marriage (about 10 minutes). In the end, Adam and Eva get married themselves, not only uniting them through their symbolic names, but causing now - Mrs. Eva Simms to become a stepmother, though annoying the officiator and his wife to no end at the ungodly hour they were woken up . (This episode features one of the first looks at the softer side of Nellie's personality . This is also the first time Mrs. Beadle - Simms's first name is used in the series .) </P> <Tr> <Th> 81 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "Freedom Flight" </Td> <Td> Michael Landon </Td> <Td> Ron Chiniquy, Richalene Kelsay </Td> <Td> December 12, 1977 (1977 - 12 - 12) </Td> <Td> 4013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> An Indian tribe comes to Walnut Grove asking for medical help for their sick chief . Doc Baker agrees to help and Charles goes with him, but they are opposed by a group of citizens who have memories of relatives and neighbors who were killed by Indians and want to take revenge and attack them . However, the tribe moves on, except that Charles hides the tribe leader at his farm while he recovers . When their secret is discovered, Charles and the Doc help the chief and his family rejoin their tribe and make good their escape . </Td> </Tr>

Little house on the prairie season 3 episode 9