Francis Joseph Neptune

Concouguash, Christian name Francis Joseph Neptune, (1735–1834) was chief of the Passamaquoddy tribe during the American Revolutionary War. He succeeded his father, Bahgulwet (aka Jean-Baptiste Neptune), who died in 1778, and was succeeded by his own son, John Francis Neptune, in 1824. and requires acceptance from the Passamaquoddies, Penobscots and Maliseet tribes.

1770s

During the Revolution, the Passamaquoddies sided with the American colonists to fight against the British soldiers invading the eastern coast of Maine. After gaining permission from the commanding officer, Chief Francis Neptune was the one who fired the first shot, with his flintlock rifle, According to Colonel John Allan, the man whom the Passamaquoddies served under, noted in his journal that Chief Joseph Francis earned £4 for his participation in the Battle of Machias.

1790s

In the 1790s the Passamaquoddies were in land and rights disputes with the government. The reservation was originally 23,000 acres with additional acreage at other points in Maine for hunting and fishing. On that surveying trip he signed a land treaty to establish boundaries between the Passamaquoddy reservation, the United States, and Canada. This map helped British Commissioner Thomas Barclay learn about the St. Croix River and land boundaries

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