Round 11: 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 committed suicide after he failed to assassinate him with tomatoes. A chieftain proclaimed (10[1])an “Indian prophecy” predicting that a powerful empire would be led by this man, who had emerged unscathed by bullets at Monongahela. (-5[1])Parson Weems’ biography of this man popularized (10[2])various (10[1])apocryphal anecdotes (10[1])about this man, including one where he (10[1])declared “I can’t tell a lie.” (10[1])For 10 points, what man’s folklore (10[1])describes him wearing wooden dentures and felling (10[1])a cherry tree? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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