The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-09-07

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boy. The trooper, accompanied by tn
lectost young men Of the party, mounte
and pursued; and having at last heade
them, be turned the whcIps and the DO
(who ran quite as.fast) back upon tn
mcr on foot, They secured the 6oy an
allowed the others to escape.
The boy thus taken was apparently a
bout nine or ten years old, and had al
the habits of a wild animal. On his wa,
to Chandour he struggled hard to rusI
into every hole or den he passed, Tht
sight Of a grown-up person alarmed him
and he tried to steal away, but he rushc(
at a child with a fierce snarl, like that o
q dog, & tried to bite it. Cooked meal
be would not eat but be seized raw fooC
with eagerncss, putting it on the GROUND
under his hands, and dcvouring it Will
evident pleasure lie growled angrily il
any one approached him whilst eating
but made no objection to a dog coming
near and sharing his food. The trooper
left him in charge Of the Rajah of Hus.
unpoor, who saw the boy Immediately af.
ter he was taken. Very soon afterwards,
d, was sent, by the Rajah's order, to
Captain Nivhoiett's at Sultaupoor; sor al.
though his parents are said to have re-
cognixed him when first captured, they a
bandoned him on tindingthat he display
ed more of the VOLTS than Of human na-
ture
He lived in the charge of Captain
Nicholott's servants nearly three years;
very inolensive, except when tcazcd, but
still complete animal He could never
be induced to keep on any kind of cloth
ing cvcn.in the coolest weather, and on
one occasion tore to pieces 4 quilt, stuffed
with cotton, and ate portion of it, cot
ton and all, every day, with his bread
When his food was placed at distance
from him, be ran to it on all fours, like a
wolf; and it was only on rare occasions
that be walked upright. Human beings
he always stunned, and never willingly
remained near them. On the ether, he
seemed fond Of dogs and of jackals, and
indeed all animals, and readily allowed
them to feed with him lie was never
known to laugh or smile, i was never heard
to speak till within few minutes Of his
death, when he put bis hands to his head
and said it achcd, and asked for water,
which be drank, ana died Possibly had
this poor boy lived be might gradually
have been brought to exhibit more intel
lect and intelligence; but almost every
instance seems to prove how completely
the human nature is suPpIanted by the
brutal. The next is still from the neigh
borhood Of the Goomtce In March,
1913. a cultiyator who lived at Chupra,
about twenty miles east of SultanpoOr,
went to cut his crop Of wheat and pulse,
taking with him bis wife, and son about
three pears old, who had only lately re-
covered from q severe scald on the left
knee. As the father was rcapiDg, wolf
suddenly rushed upon. the boy, caught
him up, and made off 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
Sipahces from Singramow about ten miles
from Cbapra, were watching for hogs, on
the border of the jungle, which extended
down to the Khobac riyulct, they saw
three wolf cubs and boy come out from
the jungle, and 20 down to drink at the
stream; all four theH ran towards q den
in the rayiDcs. The Sipahees 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, aud scizing in his teeth
the barrel Of one of their guns; shook it
fcreely. The Sipahees, however, secur-
ed him, brought him home, and kept him
for twenty days, during which he would
eat nothing but raw flesh, and was fed
accordingly with harcs ahd birds. His
captors then found it difficult to provide
him with sufficient food, and took him to
the bazaar, in the village of Koeleepoor
to be supported by the charitable people of
the place, until lie might become more hu-
manized. While here bis miserable con
dition elected the sympathies OF woman
Of the neigbborhood, who thought he
might be reclaimed bycaro and attention
and per chance his parents would at some
future time recognize him.
She took him home to her village