Captain Smith gives an account of a conjuration to which he was subjected at Uttamussick when a captive in December, 1607.

At daybreak they kindled a fire in one of the long houses and by it seated Captain Smith.

Soon the chief priest, hideously painted, bedecked with feathers, and hung with skins of snakes and weasels, came skipping in, followed by six others similarly arrayed.

Rattling gourds and chanting most dismally, they marched about Captain Smith, the chief priest in the lead and trailing a circle of meal, after which they marched about him again and put down at intervals little heaps of corn of five or six grains each.

Next they took some little bunches of sticks and put one between every two heaps of corn.