The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-11-03

strange place, and many new manifesto
lions have lately occurred. One night, |
recently, J. f. Nelson, of Meals store
a weli-known and most worthy young
man-was returning home from Okla
Iona. The sky was clear and blue and
the stars shone out like jewels. The
murmurs of the leaves and the beat of
his horses hoofs upon the dusty road
were the only sounds that broke the 81
lence. He had reached the witches
rendezvous, when female form ioated
out of the darkness on the right of the
road. She made her appearance with
the most inexpressible grace and airi-
ness. She was tall, slender, and dressed
in robe of white. Her long hair was
unbound, and fell over her shoulders in
luxuriant waves. Reaching the middle
of the road, she tossed her arms in the
air and began to dance with lightness,
a charm and a swiftness of motion to
mortals unknown. Nelson did not
move. He states that he felt so spell
bound that motion was impossible. His
eyes were riveted upon the woman.
His horse had stopped terror-stricken.
A few moments passed and the figure
melted away with the mystic shadows
Of the night in the direction of the
witches rendezvous.
Nelson is not the only one who has
lately seen and heard supernatural things
in that mysterious locality. On the
night succeeding this, Colonel Parker
was riding on his return to Okalona from
his plantation. When he arrived oppo-
site the witches rendezvous he was be-
wildered by the sight of unnumbered
tents, wagons, horses and figures NOV
ing TO and fro. He had passed by in the
morning and seen nothing. While gaz-
ing upon the ghostly vision, it suddenly
faded from his sight, and squirting his
horse he went galloping away with the
speed of the wind.
About month ago four young men,
two of them named William Akers and
Samuel Hudson, repaired to the
rendezvous at midnight, armed for often
sive or defensive operations, as exigency
might demand, and determined to re-
main and witness what demonstrations
were visible. They stationed themselves
on the roadside, Immediately opposite
the rendezvous, and about fifty yards
distant therefrom According to their
own statements, which was published
the same week in the Oklahoma Pilot, they
witnessed the following extraordinary
manifestations The four young men
were seated on their horses in the
shadows of grove of oak trees. The
moon was shining brightly, the heavens
were aglow with stars. Exactly at the
midnight hour the stiffness that brooded
upon the hill and woods was broken by
shrill laugh, that came from the center
of the open space. The laugh was wild,
piercing and tremulous, and was so loud
that echoes came from every direction.
The horses seemed convulsed with fear
and their bodies trembled and quivered
like the leaves stirred by the night wind
The young men themselves were filled
with terror, but being resolved to stay
agreed to dismount, tie their horses, and
see it out. In about five minutes there
was another wild laugh, similar to the
first, and then a series of similar sounds,
making a jargon that resounded mile
away through the deep forest. Sud
denly light flashed upon the scene or
rather a profusion of globular-shaped
phosphoresccnt flashes travelled through
the air with unnatural rapidity, and
making visible the thin and bony forms
of five or six old hays dancing round a
circle, laughing, gibbering and singing
at intervals. No word or syllable of
what they said could be distinguished; ;
it appeared mere like meaningless and
idiotic jabber than any language ever
known to mortal beings. The faces of
the old jades could plainly be SEEM
They were all lean and scraggy, with
wrinkled skin, peaked nose, mouths that
moved with horrible and diabolic grins,
and eyes glazing and glittering like those
OF some huge serpent. They seemed to
be dancing around some object that was
to the young men invisible. Within
twenty minutes they had finished their
horrid incantations, with loud laugh
retreated- the laugh dying slowly away,
being heard hundreds of miles away.
simultaneously with their disappear
ance the luminous flashes faded and
darkness again prevailed. Though no
lights were visible for some time, strange
sounds fell upon the ear, and the
branches of the trees, bordering the
circle, were continuously stirred with
great violence, though no strong wind
was blowing. About two o'clock in the
morning, pale lightgradually extended
over the open space, and from the
shadow Of the trees on the far side,
horseman rode forth. 1t was an Indian
brave, in full war dress and paint. He
was large man of powerful frame, and
his long black hair flowed in long, thick
locks over his broad shoulders. His
face was painted red, yellow and black,
and, under the mildillumination, looked
horrld and CHASTITY. His waist was
encircled with huge string of scalps,
and these seemed to number hundreds.
His legs were encased in buckskin
leggings worn by the Chickasaws,
and over his tawny breast was thrown a
panther skin. In his right hand he
carried a bow and arrow, and attached
to his belt was a rude tomahawk and
club, such as were used in warfare by
the early aborigines. The horse he be-
strobe was an animal of great beauty,
and small, and walked with its head
bent almost to the ground. Slowly
horse and rider crossed the open circle,
pausing at intervals a moment or two
while the ghostly warrior sat like
statue and gazed into vacancy. Reach
ing a point in the circle opposite the
place where he started the horse paused
and turned, and slowly retraced his
steps, moving with indescribable grace
to the starting point. Up to this time
not sound was heard. Although the
ground was very hard and solid the
hoofs of the animal made not the slight
est noise. 1t was like a shadow seen
through a transparent canvass. When |