Indian Joe
Native American scout
About Indian Joe
Lived 1739 – 1819 (aged 79–80).
Indian Joe, (Captain Joe, Old Joe, Jo Indian, Joe Injun, Abenaki translation of Joseph: Susapp ) was a Native American scout.
Biography Born near Louisbourg, Nova Scotia of Mi'kmaq origin, he was adopted by Abenaki people, who took him to St. Francis (today's Odanak). He served as a scout under Colonel Jacob Bayley (1726-1815). He was injured in the Rogers' Rangers raid on the village. He eventually moved to the area of Cowass (today's Newbury, Vermont). Joe died on February 19, 1819, after he fell and was injured by the severe cold. His burial was paid for by Frye Bayley, and he was given a military style funeral. Joe's Brook, outlet of Joe's Pond Molly's Pond in Cabot
Other tributes: "A Dirge for Jo Indian", composed in 1922, by Eastwood Lane as part of his Adirondack Sketches
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native American scout
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Indian Joe was born in 1739.
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Indian Joe died on 19 February 1819.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Indian Joe. https://biography.guide/indian-joe/
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