Round 9: 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 (10[1])committed suicide after he failed to assassinate (-5[1])him with tomatoes. (10[1])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. (10[1])Parson (10[1])Weems’ biography (10[1])of this man (-5[1])popularized various apocryphal anecdotes (10[1])about this man, including one where he declared “I can’t tell a lie.” For 10 points, what man’s folklore describes him wearing wooden dentures and felling a cherry tree? ■END■ (10[2])

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