Packet M: Tossup 19

After seeing an image of this man’s face transform into that of the man who hexed him, John Blymire murdered the pow-wow sorcerer Nelson Rehmeyer at Hex Hollow. As a possible response to nativism, patriotic Catholics spread tales of how Father Neale baptized this man prior to his death. (10[1])This man’s chef allegedly (10[1]-5[1])committed suicide after he failed to assassinate (-5[1])him (-5[1])with tomatoes. (10[6])A (10[1])chieftain proclaimed (10[3])an “Indian prophecy” predicting that a powerful empire would be led by this man, who had emerged unscathed by bullets at Monongahela. (10[3]-5[1])Parson (10[2])Weems’ (10[1])biography (10[1])of this man (10[3]-5[1])popularized (10[2])various (10[1])apocryphal (-5[1])anecdotes (10[2])about (10[1])this (10[1])man, (10[1])including one (10[1])where he (10[2])declared “I can’t tell a lie.” (10[4])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])what man’s folklore (10[2])describes him wearing wooden dentures and felling (10[1])a cherry tree? ■END■ (10[6]0[3])

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