Hello, I am Lynn M. Briggs, Wetzel was my 5th generation great uncle. The famous sound he made, that gave him the name "DEATH WIND", was made by him blowing across the end of his rifle barrel (similar to blowing across the mouth of a jug). Sound could by changed by the depth of a patched ball shoved part way down the barrel. Gen. George Washington said this about Lewis (who worked for him as a ranger). "He ways the finest one man army I have ever seen".
The video gives a one line statement about Wetzel being able to reload his rifle on the run. Those were flintlocks, often with barrels in excess of 40 inches. Being able to reload while running would be a phenominal accomplishment.
Move back to Europe if you thinht you a to e living on land stolen from so called natives ,who. Had earlier perpetrated earlier tribes and the so called Clovis people
Hello, I am Lynn M. Briggs, Wetzel was my 5th generation great uncle. The famous sound he made, that gave him the name "DEATH WIND", was made by him blowing across the end of his rifle barrel (similar to blowing across the mouth of a jug). Sound could by changed by the depth of a patched ball shoved part way down the barrel. Gen. George Washington said this about Lewis (who worked for him as a ranger). "He ways the finest one man army I have ever seen".
The video gives a one line statement about Wetzel being able to reload his rifle on the run. Those were flintlocks, often with barrels in excess of 40 inches. Being able to reload while running would be a phenominal accomplishment.
People alive today can demonstrate to you reloading while running.
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Wetzel...same traits as all warriors be it yesterday, today, or future. I enjoyed this. Thanks. The Mothman(?), same place?
I'm NOT trying to sound like a smart-ass but at this time West VA. Was sill VIRGINIA.
Yes, you are right. But I think these things happened in areas that are now known as certain areas of West Virginia
Interesting story
Must have been kin to Jeremiah Johnson
Okay, it wasn't his land. It was stolen from the natives. Why are you glorifying the land thieves?
Move back to Europe if you thinht you a to e living on land stolen from so called natives ,who. Had earlier perpetrated earlier tribes and the so called Clovis people
Savages are unworthy of a continent. Illiterate cannibals that were stuck in the stone age.