Upham, following the witchy Powell's lead, ignorantly regards what was done by mystical use of the boy's properties as being the boy's voluntary performances.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
So some ignorant Folks once believed that a witch, or some witchy Folk with an evil eye, might look upon them and cause them harm, or make them meet some danger.
"Lord Dolphin"
Harriet A. Cheever
The poem said: Imprisoned thus in my witchy Wiles, Robbed of all hope, all food, all smiles, A Fearful Doom o'er-hangs thy Rest, Unless thou meet my Dread Behest!
"Fairy Prince and Other Stories"
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott