Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-09-30

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weather; and when quilt stuffed witt
cotton was given to him, she tore if Il
pieces. and ate a portion of ii-cottor
and all-with his bread. every day.
The countenarce of the boy was repul'
sive, and his habits filthy in the extreme
lie was never known tossmile; and, al
though fond OF dogs and jackals. formed
no attachment for any human being
Even when a iavorite parish dog. which
used 10 feed with him, was shot for hav'
ing fallen under suspicion of taking the
lions share of the meal, he appeared to
be quite indifferent He sometimes
walked erect; but generally ran on all
fours-more especially 10 his food when
it was placed at distance from him.
Anoiher of these wolEchiIdren was
carried off from his parents at Chupra
(twenty miles from SultanpOor,) when
he was three years of age. They were
at work in the field. the man cutting his
crop OF wheat and pulse, and the woman
cleaning after him, with the child sitting
on the grass. Suddenly there rushed
into the family party, from behind q
bush, gaunt wolf. and, seizing the boy
by the loins, ran off with him to a neigh
boring ravine. The mother followed
with loud screams, which brought the
whole village TO her assistance; but they
soon lost sight of the wolf and his prey,
and the boy was heard of no more for
six Years. At the end of that time, he
was found by two sipahis associating, as
in the former case, with wolves, and
caught by the leg when he had got hall
way into the den. He was very fero-
cious when drawn out, biting at his de-
Iiverers, and seizing hold OF the barrel
of one OF their guns with his teeth -
They secured him, however. and car
ried him home, when they fed him on
raw flesh, hares, and birds, till they
found the charge too enormous, and
gave him up TO the public charity OF the
village till he should be recognized by
his parents. This actually came 10 pass.
His mother, by that time a widow, hear
ing a report of the strange boy at koe
leapoor, hastened TO the place from her
own village of Chupra, and, by means Of
in n.'ubiiable marks upon his person, re
cognized her child, transformed into a
wild animal. She carried him home
with her, but finding him destitute of
natural affection, and in other respects
wholly irreclaimable, at the end of Two
months she left him 10 the common
charity of the village.
When this boy drank, he dipped his
face in the water and sucked. The front
of his elbows and knees had become
hardened from going on all-fours with
the wolves. The village boys amused
themselves by throwing frogs 10 him,
which he caught and devoured; and
when a bullock died and was skinned,
he resorted to the carcass like the dogs
of the place, and fed upon the carrion.
His body smelled Extensively. He re-
mained in the village during the day, for
the sake Of what he could get 10 eat, but
always went off 10 the jungle at night.
In other particulars, his habits resem-
bled those already described. We have
only TO add respecting him, that, in No
vember, 1850, he was se,t from Sultan
poor, under the charge OF his mother, TO
Col. Sleeman--then probably at Luck
now-but, something alarming him on
the way, he ran into a jungle, and had
not been recovered at the date of the
last dispatch.
We pass over three other narratives
Of similar kind, that present nothing
peculiar, and shall conclude with one
more specimen of the Indian wolfboy
This human animal was captured, like
the first we have described, by troop
er, with the assistance of another person
on foot. When placed on the pommel
of the saddle, he toro the horseman's
clothes, and, although his hands were
tied, contrived 10 bite him severely il
several places. He was taken 10 Don.
dee, where The rajah took charge of him
till he was carried off by Janoo, lad
who was khidmutgar (table-attendant) to
a travelling Cashmere merchant. The
boy was then apparently about twelve
years of age, and went upon all-fours
although he could stand, and go awk-
wardly on his legs when threatened.-
Under Janoo's attention, however, in
beating and rubbing his legs with oil, he
learned to walk like other human be-
ings. But the vulpine smell continued
to be very offensive, although his body
was rubbed for some months with mus
tard-seed soaked in water. and he wa'
compelled during the discipline to live
on rice. pulse and bread. He slept un
der the mango tree, where Janoo him
self lodged, but was always tied to
tent pin. c5
One night, when the wild boy was Iy
ing asleep under bis tree. Janoo sawtw'
wolves come up steallhily, and smell a
him. They touched him, and he awoke
and, rising from his reclining posture
he put his hands upon the heads of hi
: visitors, and they licked his face. The,
: caperec round him, and he threw stray
:. and leaves at them. The khidmutga
gave up his protege for lost; but pres
I emily he became convinced that the.
t were only at play, and he kept quiet
He at length gained confidence enoug
1 to drive the wolves away; but they 500
came back, and resumed their sport 70
{ a time. The next night, three piayfel