Assumed you play the pc version, you could obtain a savegame file to overcome this problem, for example from my ftp server:
ftp://ftp.soulianis.com/archive/indy/start/
You find the savegames for each level there, both zipped (.zip) and original (.nds) - the .zip files are compressed and require WinZip or pkunzip to decode.
I saved these files with the update 1.2 installed. If you don't have it, you should download it from LucasArts first, or my savegame files won't work. The location is:
ftp://ftp.lucasarts.com/patches/pc/J3DUpdate1.2.exe
Download it, then double-click it and it will install itself.