These sessions were originally recorded 3/20, 3/27 and 4/3/2016.
February 28th
From the Journal of Josephine Maxwell
January 19th, 1876
Two men from the survey parties came back to Smokefall. They said that their friend had been gutted by an indian man who came out of the woods and into their camp.
We went to go see the place where it happened and the only evidence was a pool of blood. It was next to an old, dead tree that my companions know to be a death locus.
Around the locus was a swamp. I walked into the water and called out to the spirits and a dead body rose out of the water and told me to go back. As we were leaving, a Dark Thing flew over and an indian man appeared by the old tree. He told us to leave this place.
That night, one of the surveyors ran into town, saying he saw the dead man, Sal Meany, following him. No one else saw this. Jakey Wales stayed out and saw Sal later. Sal turned into an owl-creature and flew into the night.
January 20th, 1876
When we woke up it seemed to be a normal day. That morning, we met at the Yellow Rose and hada conversation about how we should proceed. We decided to investigate the tree once more.
While at the tree we couldn't seem to make it through the mire to tree.
On the way back, I noticed Juan staring at me. When I looked back I noticed he wasn't there. I could tell something creepy was following us back to town.
January 21st, 1876
The next morning a man named John Skinner arrived in town. The whole group seemed to know him. He brought a large amount of skins and meats with him.
At the Yellow Rose, we caught him up on what has been going on in town.
The Doc went to the carpenter and commissioned a small boat to be able to get to the tree in the swamp. Also, he reports people have gotten upset stomachs from the Snake Oil.
The survey men said they saw Sal (the dead man) and he is trying to kill them.
I went to go talk with Ms. Holmes. She suggested that we find out what sort of entity we are dealing with. Jakey then went to go talk with Ms. Holmes.
We see a man watching the sheriff and the surveyors from across the street. We went to go see if we could find the man that we saw out the window. He had disappeared into the shadows.
Later, a man came to tell us he saw a large fire outside of town. We investigated, and saw a man dancing a Native American ritual dance. There were drums and flutes playing, but he was the only person there.
Jake and Juan started dancing with the man. I walked up and sat down with my whiskey and watched.
Faces started to appear in the fire. Then the men sat down in a triangular pattern around the fire.
The Doc and Sheriff came to sit with me. They sat with John Skinner on stones that were around the fire - stones that bore their names.
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