A Ghoulish Index of Articles

Salem Witch Hunt and More

© Mary Trotter Kion

Oct 28, 2006
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This is the third index of articles concerning the Salem Witch Trials and other ghostly articles.

The Girls of Salem Village: Scarlet Bodice, Bright Turban, And The Charter. Salem Village talk concerns a scarlet bodice, a bright turbans, and the charter. Young girls begin gathering in the Parris' kitchen.

A Witch Cake Baked in Salem Village: Urine Was the Telling Ingredient. Tituba, the Indian slave belonging to Samuel Parris, bakes a witch cake using the urine of two bewitched girls. It is then fed to the family dog.

The Reverend Samuel Parris: The Pious Puritan Preacher of Salem Village. The Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village beleaguers his parishioners to love him and bring him free firewood. He is obsessed with always seeing evil.

Samuel Parris Points First Finger: Tituba and Mary Sibley Blasted from the Pulpit. Parris points the way towards the Salem Witch Hunt by blasting Tituba, Mary Sibley, and others for baking a witch cake.

The Devil Walked Among Them: Puritans, Witches, and Demons in Salem. The people of Salem, Massachusetts, like centuries of populations before them well believed in the power of witchcraft.

More Bewitchings in Salem Village: Tituba and Others Accused of Witchcraft. More girls are bewitched and three women are accused and apprehended to be examined to determine if they are witches.

Sarah Good: Second Accused Witch of Salem Village. Sarah Good, an ill-tempered woman living in poverty in Salem Village is accused of witchcraft and of bewitching several young girls.

Sarah Osborne of Salem Village: Third to be Accused of Witchcraft. Sarah Osborne of Salem Village, having gone from prosperous to poverty is accused of witchcraft.

Osborne Incurs Wrath: The Putnams of Salem Become Her Enemies. Sarah Osborne becomes the enemy of Thomas Putnam Junior, father of Ann Putnam, Jr. one of the bewitched girls. Osborne is accused of witchcraft.

Previous Salem Witch Trials Indexes:

October, the Bewitching Month

The Haunting Month

Continuing Indexes:

Salem Witch Trial Index

Convictions, Hangings, and Pressing

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