Meanwhile, Mickey and the other settlers have circled their wagons for the evening, where they sing and dance, during which an old goat performs a sad rendition of "Darling Nelly Gray".

The missing scene was restored for the 2002 Walt Disney Treasures DVD set Mickey Mouse in Black and White: The Classic Collection.

[4] On the DVD set, an introduction for this short by Leonard Maltin warns, "It would be foolish to judge [these cartoons] some seventy years later in the context of today's manners and morals", although he doesn't specifically call attention to Pioneer Days' use of common Native American stereotypes.

"[2] On the Disney Film Project, Ryan Kilpatrick agrees: "The real action begins... when the Indians invade the wagon camp.

The scenes of frantic pioneers scrambling around and trying to evade the arrows are great and add to the sense of motion that moves through the final part of the short.