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Superstition of the Seminoles. TxnLLbeaoidotithe first Tuesday in July next
Tht process of ConittraJitm.-Holatoochee,i ™ ft”.,,?,
a Cbiei in the Seminole nation, nephew to | tv to w!? ** ^ fcDown *
Micanopy, their present King, and heir np- ty ’- to —
parent to succeed hjm, returned to Florida
from the Arkansas in the summer of 1840,
and remained there about two years en
deavoring zealously and faithfully to effect
by peaceable means the removal of his red
.brethren. Sometimes when bis pacific
overtures failed, he took the field with the
troops as a guide to the fastnesses of the
hostile*, but be was never expected to Join
in combat against them except in self-de
fence.
On his return from one of these expedi
tions in January, 1842, he was taken sick.
When innuirics were made as to the nature
of his sickness, he informed the medical
officer that lie believed he was made sick
by the conjurations of the “Prophet,” or
llotulco-hcdgo, the chief of the nostiles-—
then supposed to be perhaps fifty miles dis
tant in the Southern part of the “ Big Cy
press Swamp,” bordering on the mangroves.
Holatoochec is a very intelligent Indian,
and, like most of the Seminoles, waggish
and fond of a joke, and his statement did
not fail to excite the mirth of the officers,
who were incredulous to the sincerity of
his statement. But he assured us that lie
was not jesting; that he firmly (relieved it;
that white men were entirely different from
red men; that they were of different flesh
and blood, and told us that wc were wel
come to our creed, our manners and our
philosophy) that they must be allowed
also to cherish undisturbed their own man
ners and peculiar faith.
On being asked in what way the prophet
so far distant was able to make him sick,
he explained the process and ceremonies of
the conjuration as follows:
It is at night only that the conjurer can
acquire a power over his victim. Wh'cn
an Indian sleeps, his body alone sleeps; his
spirit is roaming abroad over the face of the
earth; and it docs not return to his body
until the morning star rises. If before
that star rises the conjurer can by his spell
attract tho spirit of his enemy up to his own
camp-fire, he may then torment and afflict
him. To do this, he places a kettle of wa
ter on the fire, puts in certain herbs posses
sing wizard charms, and well might this
sylvan conjurer then exclaim, as did the
witches in Macbeth,
“ Double, double—toil and trouble,
Fire bum and caldron bubble."
He then makes a statue of the victim,
upon the heart of which is placed a tobac
co leaf, and a splinter from a tree riven by
lightning. This statue is first placed at a
distance from the fire, and at certain stages
of the conjuration is to be advanced four
separate times towards the campfire, which
is the centre of these and many other wild
incantations. At each separate approach
of the statue an invocation is made to the
spirit of the victim, and if, when the fourth
invocation is completed, the morning star
has not yet rises, the spirit of the unhappy
victim may, if the fates have frowned upon
him, be brought up within the influence of
the conjurer.
It is, generally, certain old men, especi
ally the “ medicine men,” of tho tribe who
possess these powers of conjuration. They
are practiced most in times of war, as a
mode of tormenting an enemy. In war an
Indian’s very soul is made up of stratagem
and deceit. How untiring and sleepless is
his vengeance, and how fertile in expe
dients. Thus, while the red warrior of the
forest, having undergone the toils and dan-
Lot of bin! No. 1G0, in the 6th district of Early
county; levied on aa the property of Thomas B.
Peterson, to satisfy a 6-fe issued hum Eorlv Supe
rior Court, Alexander McDougold, vs Hardee and
Peteraon. land pointed out by Peterson.
Also, one half of lot No. 914, in the 38th district
of said county; levied on as the property of John A.
Wood, to satisfy a fi-fe issued from Early Superior
Court, Seaborn Hays vs John A. Wood.
Also, 140 acrea lying in.the northeast corner of
lot No. 166, in the 28thdistr-ct of Early county; le
vied on as the property of David Howard, to satisfy
a 6-la issued from a Justices court of said county,
Edward Roe, vs David Howard and George W.
Stewart Levy made and returned to me by a Coo-
ON broad street, opposite the
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Is now supplied with Matebuls necessary for
the prompt, neat, and economical execu
tion of every description of
Also, one small black bone, and one yoke of oxen;
levied on as the property of George W. Stewart, to
satisfy two 6-fes issued from Early Superior Court,
Wm. Decs vs George W. Stewart and Wm. Sutton.
Samnel Gainer, for the use of Marion J. Philips vs
George W. Stewart and David Howard. Property
pointed out by Howard.
Also, one negro woman named Pender, about 34
years old; levied on as the property of R. A. Per
sons, to satisfy a fi-fa issued from Early Superior
Court, Uriah Trulock vs R. A. Sl R. C. Persons.
Property pointed out by R. A. Persons.
JOSEPH COLLIER, Sh’ffi
May, 28th 1845. 7 tds.
Early Jtlortgage Sale.
TOT’ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Angost
** nort. before the Court house floor in Blakelv.
tjers of the day, under cover of the night
next, before the Court house door in Blakely,
within the legal hours of sale, the following property
to wit:
One negro woman named Juliann, about 25 years
old, as the property of Jonathan Roach, to satisfy a
mortgage n-fa from the Inferior Court of said county,
Boling II. Robinson vs Jonathan Roach.
Also, the following negroes, Celia, 65 years old,
>fary 38, Ben 36, Jack 28, Oscar 26, Ellen 24, Deck
i, Olive 2, Reubin 24, Martha 20, Edmund 4, Rach
el 18, Charlott 16, Phillis 40, Dow 22, Henry 20,
Jane 10, Bill 7, Booker 28, Maria 22, Howell 6
months old, Phill 35, Bob 30, Fanny 8, Essex 26,
Harriette 24, Frank 1, Peter 50, Jude 40, Tom 24,
Caroline 19, Tolly 17, Jackson 12, Harry 10, Anto-
nett 8, Arm 5, Jude 2, with their increase since the
22d April, 1841, aa the property of Wm. ATennellc,
to satisfv two mortgage fi-las issued from Early Su
perior Court, Benj. S, Jourdan vs said Tennell, and
Grci
ireen H. Jordan vs said Tennelle.
JOSEPH COLLIER, Sh’ff.
May 28th, 1845. 7 tds.
Baker mortgage Sale,
FOR JULY.
B Y tlic order and decree of the Superior Court of
the county of Bqker, for closing a certain
Mortgage deed, bearing date the 13th of October,
1839, made by Warren Jourdan, to the Georgia R.
R. and Banking Co., and by the said Co. assigned to
Farish Carter, as appears by the records of said
Court, and the order aforesaid, and in and by virtue
of a fieri facias issued upon the foreclosure of the
same.
KM^ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next
between tho usual hours of sale, and at the
Court house door of Baker county, the following
tracts or lots of land, to wit:
Nos. 271,272, 273, 274,275,179,180, 219, 220,
285,286, in the second, and lot 181, in the third Dis
trict of Baker County, containing each 250 acres
more or less; sold pursuant to an order aforesaid, aiid
to satisfy said mortgage fi fa of Farish Carter, assign
ee, Ate. vs Warren Jourdan; property pointed out in
said Mortgage fi fa.
GEO. W. COLLIER, Sh’ffi
May 28, 1845 7 td
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April 16,1845.
lies down before his camp fire to repose
from his labors, and is seemingly buried in
sweet sleep, his spirit roaming in dreams
over the face of the beauteous earth, per
chance haunting the favorite hunting
grounds of his youth—his enemy, not
alone satisfied with the ordinary arts of war,
puts these wild conjurations in requisition.
But, as before stated, every power of in
cantation ceases the instant the morning
star rises. The spirit instantly glides back
to the protection of its body, which is sup
posed to have sympathized in all the Iron
tiles of the ethereal essence. That beau
tiful star is then not only a harbinger of the
.glad approach of the god of day, surroun
ded with all the glories of the mom, dis
pelling the mists of darkness, and shedding
joy and grace over the earth, but to these
wandering spirits it imports a most welcome
and sudden release from tho charms of the
conjurer. Is it, then, wonderful that the
red man should sometimes worship this
bright Venus, this sweet disenchanter, this
lovely companion of the sun, the first faint
glimmerings of whose silver beams are a
signal of so much joy to the dreamer.
When it is discovered or believed that
such arts are being resorted to in the camp
of the hostiles, the old men of the tribe put
their heads together to devise a scheme of
safety. This consists in out-conjuring the
enemy. Thus there arc what may be cal
led defensive conjurations, which consist
in efforts to confine the wanderings of the
spirit to the neighborhood of tneir own
camps, and if perchance its orbit should
have become too erratic, venturing within
the sphere of the opposite enchanter, to
entice jt back again by counter spells to its
own friendly and safer region of habitation.
Thus, on this occasion, Holatoochec was
much consoled a week afterwards when he
met an aged Indian called “ The Old Doc
tor,” who being famed in the art of conju
ration, could endeavor to defend him and
out-conjure the Prophet!
The writer was witness to the above, and
puts it on record, believing that such me
morials of that wild tribe mav possess suf
ficient interest to deserve to be preserved.
Newton, Baker county, on the first Teusday
in July next, the following property, to wit:
Five mattresses, one bedstead, 6 wash stands, 4
toilet table*, 24 Windsor chairs, 12 fancy chairs, 2 ma
ple rocking chairs 2 wooden scat settees, 1 cane seat
-ettee, 24 wooden bottom chairs, 4 large arm chairs,
2 card tables and covers 6 ewers and basins, 2 pair of
fire dogs, 6 doz. tea plates, 3 doz. cups and saucers,
5 doz. dinner and soup plates, 2 doz. cup plates, one
tea kettle, 4 small jugs, 3 large jugs, 20 side dishes,
6 pickle dishes, 4 salt cellars, 5 doz tumblers, 3 doz.
knives and forks, 2 carving knives and forks, 2 doz.
wine glasses, 8 chamber pots, 6 sugar bowls, 1 shov-
TO BEAT.
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II. G. NICHOLS.
april 30,1845.
el, 1 spade, 2 sets of castors, 2 sifters, one dinncrjMt,
2 small looking-glasses, 1 mirror, one cut glass
lamp, 1 plain Globe lamp, 2 Brittania lamps 5 jappan-
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setts cake pons, four covered tin pons, 2 huge tin
pans. 4 spittoons, one codec pot, six dippers and skim
mers, one cullender, and three oil paintings, 2 round
tables, and one bobtail bay horse: to satisfy a mort
gage fifa from Baker Inferior Court,King &. Roberts,
vs. Francis Holden—property pointed out in said
mortgage fi fa.
. II. B. GUNNISON, D. Sh’ffi
aprf 30. 1845.
^^HEREAS Lewis S. McGwier, ap-
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plies tome for letters of Administra
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Given under my hand at office, this 18th, day of
May, 1845.
SETH C. STEPHENS, c. c. o.
May, 21 1845. 6. 30d
GEORGIA, Baker County.
W HEREAS Murphy Taylor, Admin
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May 7, 6m
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May 14th 1846. 6 4m
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