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Joseph Orono, (the blue-eyed chief) – Probably no Chief of the Penobscot Tribe has attracted so much attention as Orono and none is so hard to learn about. Joseph Orono served as Penobscot Chief from approximately 1760 until his death in 1801.

Chief Joseph Orono was known as the “Blue-eyed Chief,”  and there is a fair amount of mystery surrounding this Chief, both because of his light eyes and because he is mentioned in records when he was a very old age.

How long he lived is hotly debated.  Some say that he lived to be somewhere between 110 and  113.  Joseph Orono was the son of one of the Baron St. Castine’s daughters, which would make him the grandson of Molly Mathilde and the Baron of St.

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Joseph Orono, who died on February 11,, lived to the incredible age of Litde has been written about this enigmatic “blue-eyed chief,”.

Joseph Orono's apparent birthdate of — which would mean he died at — is listed in an account of his life through the lens of the.

Joseph Orono was the son of one of the Baron St. Castine's daughters.

Joseph Orono (tbe blue-eyed chid) - Probably no Chief of the Penobscot Tribe On the death of John Artean in , the Old Party promptly chose his son Joseph.

Orono was the great-grandson of Chief Madockawando and comes from a long line of hereditary Chiefs. He assumed the role of Chief at a time of turmoil for the Penobscot Nation. Around the Revo