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Injun Joe: character portrait from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)

A character in Tom Sawyer

Injun Joe

Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The story's vengeful, murderous villain, a grave-robber who kills Dr. Robinson in the graveyard and frames Muff Potter, later menacing Tom and Becky in the cave.

Also known as: the half-breed

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Meet Injun Joe

Injun Joe is a dangerous outsider in St. Petersburg, known by the slur “the half-breed” and driven by vengeance. At the story’s outset, he is a grave robber who moves through the town’s darker places, bringing danger to Tom Sawyer and other townspeople.

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