TDW 1729 - Battle At Narcoossee Mill

0:04 the St Cloud water tower looking very

0:04 Majestic just hanging out there under

0:06 those very ominous cumula nimai and I'm

0:11 heading to an event just a hop skip and

0:13 a jump on the outskirts of town that

0:16 only happens once a year and I have

0:18 never been to this invent invent

0:20 invented in I've never been invited to

0:23 this event

0:32 welcome everyone Adam the woo here it's

0:32 my second channel daily Vlog Channel I

0:33 can't talk today it's the daily woo

0:36 arriving now at the Battle of nusi mill

0:41 in all the years I lived in this neck of

0:42 the woods I never went to this the other

0:45 day I realized they were doing it I

0:47 thought I can't pass that up I got to

0:50 check this out got to check this out doc

0:53 here's a closeup view of a cannon and

0:56 this little thing here which looks like

0:59 a massive like match stick that's what

1:02 you shove the cannon ball down

1:04 into to the nether regions

1:07 there it's a pretty powerful piece of

1:09 Machinery they have a variety of tents

1:12 set up this one is displaying The Life

1:15 and Times of a guy named Jacob Summerlin

1:19 this is what they call a cracker whip

1:22 which I think don't quote me on this is

1:23 where the term Florida Cracker came from

1:26 because you crack a whip so could each

1:29 Canon hold one of these different

1:31 cannibals there's different sizes yes

1:33 the mountain Howitzer shot this heav is

1:37 this 12 pounder that's a 12b cannibal so

1:40 this would shoot out of the cannon that

1:41 I just showed outside yes the The

1:43 Originals were 12b they're very thin

1:45 wall and most of the originals were

1:48 blondes so that always interests me that

1:52 you know they had very thin wall bronze

1:54 fire You Pull and the friction down here

1:57 as that thing pulls off and that

1:59 detonates it detonates and fires and

2:02 here is one fiery and you can see here's

2:05 the fire going out of the cannon and

2:08 here is the touch hole they even have

2:10 some oldtime original root beer over

2:13 there in those kegs I might have to I

2:15 might have to try some I'm going to get

2:16 myself an ice cold SAS Barilla and it's

2:19 very foamy you know how when you make a

2:21 root beer float this is almost like that

2:24 without the ice cream but it still has

2:25 the same sensation of foaminess these

2:28 old coats are pretty awesome it'd be

2:30 very warm to wear one of these in

2:32 Central Florida though it'd be very

2:34 sweaty and this is the 24th year in a

2:36 row they've done this event technically

2:38 it's the 25th but the first year it was

2:41 called something different and it's not

2:43 the Battle of narus Mill it's the battle

2:46 at narus Mill because it is a fictitious

2:49 battle it never really happened they

2:51 even have a little tent camp set up over

2:54 here and this little area is where the

2:56 wounded go but it looks like there's

2:58 already some former

3:01 appendages here that have been taken

3:03 care of and all different types

3:06 of oh my gosh they use whiskey whiskey

3:09 to heal your ailments o I do not want

3:13 that thing wedged in me unless unless I

3:15 needed it oh chloroform and a old school

3:18 home remedy

3:20 leeches this is basically the hospital

3:23 right this would have been the hospital

3:24 a field Hospital a field hospital is

3:27 what they call it so after the battle

3:28 this place is going to be it's going to

3:30 be Lively it's going to be it's going to

3:32 be be doing operation bullet removal and

3:34 everything are you going to be doing any

3:36 bullet removal you personally the

3:38 surgeon will you're just going to be

3:39 watching from afar I'm the policeman

3:41 you're the

3:42 policeman well you're doing a great job

3:44 oh my gosh it even looks like maybe the

3:46 Duke boys were out here we got a little

3:48 moonshine kicking this is this is

3:50 definitely not legal you must get a full

3:53 night sleep before the battle

3:56 ensues and these gentlemen they're not

3:58 sleeping they're waiting for the moment

4:00 to

4:01 arrive waiting patiently have you ever

4:03 heard of Bugle Boy jeans that's got its

4:05 name from that instrument right there on

4:08 the

4:14 ground behind this little fence is the

4:14 remnants of the Sugar Mill I knew there

4:16 was one in St Cloud I didn't realize

4:19 there was one however in nusi and that

4:22 is a good

4:24 place for them to set up camp rest up

4:27 partner you're going to need it you know

4:29 what they need to do they need to start

4:31 bringing in the artillery slow

4:34 oh thanks for listening they totally

4:37 listen to my idea I didn't set that up I

4:39 didn't stand here on purpose in any way

4:41 shape or form I assure you getting it

4:42 all polished

4:55 up every day they're on a March they got

4:55 five pieces of those so that's hard tack

4:57 it's called hard Tac hard Tac Army bread

4:59 Army bread just hanging around the

5:01 campfire chowing down on some hard tack

5:04 Jack run down to the water and soak in

5:06 water I it's not that

5:09 bad it is I know why it's called heart

5:11 attack though CU it's very hard let's go

5:13 over to their Beach and soak them leave

5:14 the husk on them I think the trees and

5:17 the Moss really add quite the Ambiance

5:19 to this experience this is this is

5:21 awesome

5:31 I'm starting to think that a majority of

5:31 the people out here have been camping

5:33 out here for a series of days they're

5:35 living in their little tents it's

5:37 awesome and it looks like they have a

5:38 little a little Chow Brewing on the

5:42 campfire look at this that looks that

5:46 looks pretty good right there a little

5:49 potato in

5:51 there man that looks looks tasty I'm

5:54 really hoping that I get to hear that

5:56 being played in a little while

6:06 be line stack is

6:06 three and I can't tell for sure here I

6:10 believe it's these two and they pull

6:12 those

6:13 up pass that back and this guy will take

6:15 his at the same time and so you'd have

6:19 the three muskets all come from down at

6:20 once so these three all at the same time

6:22 the leaners uh you just pass out as

6:26 necessary I have to say I'm completely

6:29 blown away with how big the campsite

6:33 is for Real there are

6:37 hundreds of reenactors out here

7:14 um you're Brewing up some fresh coffee

7:14 is that what you're drinking absolutely

7:16 do you feel better getting all

7:18 caffeinated before a fight would you

7:19 rather have you you want to get

7:21 caffeinated Big Time caffeinated gives

7:22 you more energy right that's how I feel

7:24 every morning I go into battle with the

7:26 daylight a little makeshift horse corral

7:31 you guys ready for this you guys ready

7:33 for this it's going to get it it's going

7:35 to get pretty

7:37 intense all

7:39 right I don't believe you but if you say

7:42 so what do you got in the bottle air

7:45 right now just a what do you want to be

7:47 in the

7:49 bottle if I could stand it I wouldn't

7:51 mind some tny Port but if I drink too

7:54 much tiny P then I won't be able to walk

7:56 so what i' lik in the bottle right now

7:58 is some ice cold sasparilla that's what

8:00 I got I got sasparilla sill this guy's

8:02 hiding up in the

8:03 tree just like Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer

8:07 the only kid that climbs up into this

8:08 tree you're not the only one is there

8:11 someone else in the tree no but there

8:14 are other people that

8:15 climb everyone left here you all by

8:18 yourself alone with your thoughts I kind

8:20 of regret never coming out here before

8:22 until today seems like I've been missing

8:24 out on some really cool theming here's a

8:26 little bit more descriptive photo of how

8:30 they did the amputations they just saw

8:31 it off bound it up and I from what I

8:35 read they could do it all in 15 minutes

8:37 or less that's pretty quick for those

8:39 times you know each of these guys had to

8:41 provide their own uniform and pay an

8:43 admission price and their own weapons

8:45 they're pretty dedicated and they travel

8:47 from all over the country and stay out

8:49 here for a series of days it's like a

8:51 it's an entire weekend for them this is

8:53 a Florida cow hunter he may not look

8:56 very fancy but he's actually very very

8:57 wealthy because they got paid in gold

9:00 when they worked with Jacob Summerland

9:01 so as you see the gentleman who has the

9:03 gold gets the lady oh I'll keep that in

9:06 mind have not changed I'm definitely

9:07 dating above my station here thanks for

9:09 the advice raise your hand if you know

9:11 what a goober is well some of you know

9:15 you yeah well actually the heck is a

9:18 goober yeah it was actually what they

9:21 call peanuts back in the day really

9:24 goober is a peanut and this is a song

9:26 about that Wonder delicious little

9:29 protein

9:30 pellets protein pets yes protein pellets

9:35 sitting by the roadside on

9:42 summates Shadow

10:13 the horses are stirring the troops are

10:16 starting to make their way

10:25 in uhoh it has

10:25 begun cannons are being fired from

10:28 across the feet oh my

10:32 God holy

10:53 crap keep firing keep

10:53 firing always protect the

11:04 hot

11:04 oh so so close to the action I'm going

11:07 to go deaf out here some backups coming

11:09 out of the

11:17 woods holy cow did you see that bucket

11:21 fly in the air there was like a a bucket

11:23 that like was like 100 yards in the air

11:26 hopefully you caught that that was crazy

11:54 you can see the woman there in the grass

11:56 tending to be injured

12:05 I think it might be too late

12:29 he

13:30 that was defin definitely a lot more

13:30 intense than I thought it would

13:33 be

13:35 holy crap that was

13:46 intense as stated earlier there was no

13:46 real battle on arusi Mill it's all

13:48 fiction and they choose each year they

13:51 decide on which side is going to win so

13:54 it's all in good fun oh my gosh he's so

13:57 in them up

14:00 at least at least it's not an amputation

14:02 that I don't know if my stomach can

14:03 handle just a simple bandage and some

14:07 stitches

14:41 that look like Sean conry yes you can go

14:41 home and sleep well that was definitely

14:45 something I had never experienced in

14:47 person

14:48 before it was a good time and I'm glad I

14:51 went see you tomorrow Vlog over

TDW 1729 - Battle At Narcoossee Mill

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