[6] After gaining permission from the commanding officer, Chief Francis Neptune was the one who fired the first shot, with his flintlock rifle,[6] at the Battle of the Rim.
[5][7] On Christmas Eve of 1776 George Washington wrote to the tribe in hopes that they would come to the aid of the colonies by sending warriors and ensuring Passamaquoddy boundaries along the Canada and Maine border.
[6][8] According to Colonel John Allan, the man whom the Passamaquoddies served under,[9] noted in his journal that Chief Joseph Francis earned £4 for his participation in the Battle of Machias.
[11] To help draw land boundaries and features Chief Francis Neptune drew a map of the Cobscook River area on July 12, 1798.
[12] This map helped British Commissioner Thomas Barclay learn about the St. Croix River and land boundaries [12] In 1829 Andrew Jackson met with Chief Neptune.