Water Witches
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library Do you believe in water witchcraft? The following article was found in the October 15, 1891 issue of the Big Bend Empire, from, appropriately enough, Waterville, Washington. A small chunk of the article is missing so I have tried to transcribe this around it. Water Witches “Witches used to be held in fear and abhorrence, in the olden times. People suspected of dealing in the…