Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03


ton. The natural consequence is, that in
the districts least frequented by Europeans
these animals are very numerous and destrl c.
tive, and great numbers of children are con-
stantly carried off by them Only one cl.s
of the population, the very lowest, leading
vagrant life, and bivouacking in the jungles
viii attempt 10 kill OF catch them. Even
these, however, although they have no super
stitious fear of the wolf, and are always found
to be we'll acquainted with its usual dens and
haunts, very seldom attempt its capture-in
all probability from the profit they make of
the gold and silver bracelets and necklaces
worn by children whom the wolves have car
ried to their dens, andwhose remains are left
at the entrance. In all parts of India, it ap-
pears, numbers of children are daily murder
ed for the sake of these dangerous ornaments.
The wolf, however, is sometimes kinder
than man. In the neighborhood of Sultan
poor, and among the rayines that intersect
the banks the banks of the Gomtee river,
this animal abounds; and our first instance
of ''wolf nurse" occurs in that district \
trooper, passing along the river bank near
Chandour, saw a large female wolf leave her
den, followed by three whelps and little boy.
The boy went on all fours, apparently on the
best possible terms with his fierce companions,
as if he been one of her own whelps. All
went down to the river and drank, without
noticing the trooper, who as they were about
to turn back, dashed on, in order TO cut off
and secure the boy But the ground was un-
even, and his horse could not oyertake them.
All re-entered the den; and the trooper then
assembled some people from Chandour, with
pickaxes who dug into the den for about SIX
or eight feet, when the old wolf bolted, fol-
lowed by her three cubs and the boy. The
trooper, accompanied by the feetest young
men Of the party, mounted and pursued; and
having at last headed them, he turned the
whelps and boy (who ran quite as fast) back
upon the men on foot They secured the boy
and allowed the others to escape.
The boy thus taken was apparently about
nine or ten years old, and hal all the habits of
. wild animal. On his way to Chaniour. he
struggled hard to rush into every hole or den
he passed. The sight of a-grown up person
alarmed him, and he tried to steal away; but,
he rushed ct child with a fierce snarl, like
that of dog, and tried to bite it. Cooked
meat he would not eat, but he seized raw food
with eagcrness, putting it on the ground under
his hands, and devouring it with evident
pleasure He grnulod anssriiy- f4ny ar-
preached him whilst eating, bat made 10 OBJ
JttbOu ~ Jug ColAiuS55 litdl aui iiAo
food The trooper left him in charge of the
Rajah of Husonpoor, who saw the boy imme
diately after ha was taken. Very soon after
wards he was sent, by the Rajah's order, to
Captain Nicholett's, at Sultanpoor; for al
though his parents are said to have reeogni-
Zed him when first captured, they abandoned
him on finding that he displayed more of the
VOLTS than Of human nature.
He lived in the charge of Captain Nicho-
let's servants nearly three years; very in0f-
fensive, except when leased but still COM
L,,ete animal He could never be induced to
keep on any kind of clothing, even in the
coolest weather and on one occasion tore to
pieces quilt, stuffed with cotton, and ate
portion of it. cotton and all, every day. with
his bread. When his food was placed at
distance from him, he ran to it on all fours,
like a wolf; and it was only on rare occasions
that he walked upright Human beings he
always Stunned, and never willingly remain
ed near them On the other hand he SEEM
ed fond of dogs and of jackals, and indeed all
animals, and readily allowed them to feed
with him He was never known to laugh
or smile, and was never heard to speak till
within few minutes of his death, when he
put his hands to his head and said it ached,
and asked for water, which he drank and died.
Possibly had this poor boy lived, he might
gradually have been brought to exhibit more
Intellect and intelligence; but almost every
instance seems to prove how completely the
human nature is supplanted by the brutal
The next is still from the neighDorhood OF the
Gomtee. In March, 1913, cuitivator who
lived at Chupra about twenty miles of Sultan
poor, went to cut his crop Of wheat and pulse,
taking with him his wife, and a son about
+braa 1-aora old ypho had only lately recovered
from severe scald on the left knee. As the
father was reaping, wolf suddenly rushed
upon the boy, caught him up, and made of
with him towards the ravines. The people
of the village ran to the aid of the parents,
but they soon lost sight of the wolf and his
prey.
About six years afterwards, as two Slph-
ahees. from Singramow, about ten miles from
Chupra, were watching for hogs on the border
of the Jungle, which extended down to the
Khobae rivulet, they saw three wolf cubs and
q boy come out of the jungle, and go down to
drink at the stream; all four then ran towards
a den in the ravines The Siphahees followed,
but the cubs had already entered, and the boy
was half way in, when one of the men caught
him by the leg, and drew him back. lie was
very angry and savage, bit at the men. and
seizing in his teeth the barrel of one OF their
guns, shook it fie,cely The Siphahees, how
ever, secured him, brought him home, ana
kept him for twenty days during which time
he would eat nothing but raw flesh, and was
fed accordingly with hares and birds His
captors then found it difficult to provide him,
with sufficient food, and took him with suf-
ficient food, and took him to the bazaar, in the
village of ofCoeleepor, to be supported by the
On aritahle naonle of that plaoe uDt;I he mi rht