Round 3: 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. This man’s chef allegedly (-5[1])committed suicide after he failed to assassinate him with tomatoes. (10[2])A chieftain proclaimed an “Indian prophecy” predicting that a powerful empire would be led by this man, who had emerged unscathed by bullets at Monongahela. Parson Weems’ biography of this man (10[1])popularized various apocryphal (-5[1])anecdotes about (10[1])this man, including one where he (10[1])declared “I can’t tell a lie.” (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, what man’s folklore describes him wearing wooden dentures and felling a cherry tree? ■END■ (10[2])

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