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

A character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete

Injun Joe

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Twain, Mark

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

Inside the story

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.

On the page

A lean, menacing man with a weathered dark complexion, long straight black hair, and fierce, flaming eyes, dressed in rough ragged clothing; described in the text as a 'half-breed.'

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