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ers of the neighborhood, now living, to see this ex- 

 periment ; which he performed thus. 



The conjurer ordered three fires to be made in a 

 triangular form, which was accordingly done ; then 

 he was hoodwinked very securely, with a dressed 

 deer skin, two or three doubles, over his face. Af- 

 ter he had made some motions, as they always do, 

 he went directly out of one of the three gaps, as ex- 

 actly as if he had not been blindfolded, and kept 

 muttering to himself, having a stick in his hand, 

 with which, after some time, he struck two strokes 

 very hard, upon the ground, and made thereon a 

 cross^ after which he told the Indian's name that 

 had stolen the goods, and said, that he vt^ould have 

 a cross on his back ; which proved true ; for when 

 they took and searched him, there appeared two 

 great wheals, on his back, one cross the other ; 

 for the thief was at governor Southwell's house, 

 and was under no apprehension of being discov- 

 ered. IHie Indians proffered to sell him as a slave 

 to the governor, but he refused to buy him ; so 

 they took him bound away. 



Another instance of the like nature happened 

 at the same house. One of the Tuskeruro kings 

 had brought in a slave to the same governor, to 

 whom he had sold him ; and before he returned 

 fell sick at the governor's house ; upon which the 

 doctor that belonged to this king's nation was 

 sent for, being a man that was held to be the grea- 

 test conjurer amongst them. It was three days 

 before he could arrive, and he appeared, when he 



