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
Jacob Bayley (July 19, 1726 – March 1, 1815) was an officer, first serving with the British in the French and Indian War, then later as a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
After the French and I ...
(1726-1815). He was injured in the
Rogers' Rangers raid on the village. He eventually moved to the area of Cowass (today's
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).
[
During the American Revolutionary War, Joe again served under Jacob Bayley and later under Moses Hazen. After the war, he and Molly lived in Danville, Vermont][ and on an island on what is now called Joe's Pond in Danville.][ 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.][
]
Legacy
Several places are named after Joe and Molly:
* Joe's Pond between present day Danville and Cabot
Cabot may refer to:
Businesses
* Cabot Corporation, an American chemicals company
* Cabot Creamery, an American dairy cooperative
Fictional characters
* Alexandra Cabot, in the ''Law & Order'' universe
* Leigh Cabot, from Stephen King's 1983 no ...
[
* Molly's Pond in Cabot][
Other tributes:
* "A Dirge for Jo Indian", composed in 1922, by Eastwood Lane as part of his Adirondack Sketches
]
See also
* Military history of the Mi’kmaq people
References
Further reading
* Johnson Family of Newbury TPapers, 1775-1886, Docs. 574.76.1 & 575.33, MSA 426.28, Vermont Historical Society.
* William Parker Neal, Indian Joe Trilogy: Indian Joe The Friendly Indian Guide, Indian Joe The Famous Abenaki, Molly - Squaw of Indian Joe. anville, VT: United Methodist Church & the author, 1976-? (See http://www.joespondvermont.com/products.html)
* Frederic P. Wells, History of Newbury, Vermont ... St. Johnsbury, VT: Caledonian, 1902.
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Mi'kmaq people
Abenaki people
18th-century Native Americans
19th-century Native Americans
Native American history of Vermont
Year of birth unknown
1819 deaths
1730s births