This session was recorded 4/10/2016.
From the Journal of Josephine Maxwell
January 21st, 1876
The shaman said we must earn the right the keep the land. He said "all the oaths must be honored". I fell asleep with my dog next to me. I told them to tell me everything that happened.
January 22nd, 1876
The men said the shaman had pulled a spear out of a tree made of blue fire. They had a spear. Jakey said the tree "felt young, like it was about to be born". He said it seemed like it needed to be buried someplace. Jakey insisted that he had to take the spear to Ms. Holmes.
After a meeting with Ms. Holmes that didn't go well, Jakey agreed to take the spear to the tree in the mire. He says he thinks the spear is a bomb of "good vibes".
January 23rd, 1876
Ben Alden says that he has seen long-eared little creatures scaring his children.
We decided to go out to the evil tree with the spear. On the way we found the wagon of the snake oil salesman. When we get near the swamp, we hear someone yell for help and see the salesman chasing something around the brush.
The men in the group, led by Jakey Wales, insist taht they will go on to the tree and refuse to help the man.
Jakey, Juan and Ignacio headed into the swamp. They see crazy things.
The salesman walked up behind me and asked if I had seen his horses. He watched the men in the swamp for a while, then screamed and flew into the air after them. Shackleford shot at him, and he fell into the water. I went toward the creature while the men continued to the tree.
Jakey climbed the tree to stab the spear into it. Juan and Ignacio climb up to help. Together, they drive the spear into the heart of the tree. Suddenly, all the evil energy went out of the tree. It wisped like black tendrils into the air, to be chased off by what looked like birds.
The water starts to swish around with the roots and the living tendrils spreading from the spear. The men get back across the mire safely.
When we get back to town, I head out to Ben Alden's farm and check on them. Ben said that he knew which way that the creatures came from.
January 24th, 1876
The next morning, Ben came to town and told us he found where the little creatures live. We went with Ben to go find the creatures. He said they live in a cave near his property.
We found a lot of footprints at the mouth of the cave that looked like the prints we saw before at Johnny Chu's house. We went in the cave and through a narrow passageway into a large cavern. We saw some odd creatures and they caused us to exhibit some weird behaviors.
9:25pm
After a huge ordeal with the creatures making us run around the cave, Jakey Wales ran away back out of the tunnel. I threw a rock and hit one of the creatures, and it popped like a balloon.