Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-27
DAILY EVENING STAR.
A BOY NURsED BY A WOLF.


About seven years since, trooper, ir
attendance upon Rajah Hurdut Singh. O
Bondee, on the left bank of the Ghaers
river, In the district of Bahraetch, in ma 9.
sing near small stream, saw there two
wolf cubs and boy, drinking. He
managed to seize the boy, who seemed te
be about ten years old, but was SO wild
and exceedingly fierce that he tore the
troopers clothes and bit him in several
places. The Rajah at first had him TIED
up in his artillery gun shed, and fed him
with raw meat, but he was afterwards
allowed to wander freely about the Bon.
dee bazaar. He there one day ran of
with a joint Of mea. from a butchers
shop, and another of the bazaar keepers
let fly an arrow at him, which penetrated
his thigh. A lad named Janoo, servant
OF Cashmere merchant, then at Bondec.
took compassion on the poor boy, extrac-
ted the arrow from his thigh, and pre-
pared bed for him under a mango tree.
where he himself lodged. Here he kept
him fastened to tent-pin. Up this time
he would eat nothing but raw flesh, but
Janoo gradually brought him to eat balls
of rice and pulse.
In about six weeks after he had been
tied up under the tree, after much rub
bing of his joints with oil, he was made
to stand and walk upright. Hitherto he
had gone On all-fours. In about four
months he began to understand and obey
signs. In this manner be was taught to
prepare the hookah, put lighted charcoal
on the tobacco, and bring it to Janoo, or
to whomsoever he pointed out. He was
never heard, however, to utter more than
one articulate sound. This was "Aboo.
deea." the name of the little daughter Of
a Cashmere mimic, or player, who had
once treated him with kindness. The
odor from his body was very offensive:
and JanOo had him rubbed with mustard
seed soaked in water, in the hope of re-
moving it. This was done for some
months, during which he was still fed on
rice and -four, but the odor did not leave
him.
One night, while the boy WAS lying
under the mango-tree, Janoo saw two
wolves creep stealthily towards hnl; and.
after smelling him, they touched him, and
ne got up. Instead, however, of being
the boy put his hands upon
their heads, and they began to play with
him, capering about him, whilst he threw
straw and leaves at them, Janoo tried
to drive them off, but he could not and
becoming much alarmed, he called to the
sentry over the guns, and told him that
the wolves were going to eat the boy
Lie replied, Come away and leave him,
or they will cal you also;" but when
Janoo saw them begin to play together,
his fears subsided, and he continued to
watch them quietly. At last he succeed
ed In driving them off but the following
night three wolves came-anda a few nights
after four-which returned several times.
Janoo thought that the two which first
came must have been the cubs with which
the DOy was Nuuu, anu that they would
have seized him had they not recognized
him by the smell. They licked his face
with their tongues as he put his hands on
their heads.
When Janoo master returned to Luck.
now, he was, after some difficulty, per-
suaded to allow Janoo to take the bov
with him. Accordingly, Janoo led him
along by string tied to his arm, and
put bundle of clothes on his head
Whenever they passed q jungle, the boy
would throw down his bundle, and make
desperate attempts to escape. VIXEN
beaten, he raised his hands in supplica-
ton, took up his bundle and went on :;
but the sight of the next jungle produced
the same excitement. A short time after
his return to Lucknow, Janoo was sent
away by his master for day or two, and
found on his return that the boy had dis
appeared. He could never be found
again.
About two months after the boy had
gone, woman Of the weaver caste came
to Lucknow with a letter from the Raiah
Of Bondee, stating that her son, when
four years old, had, five or six years be-
fore, been carried of by wolf; and from
the description given of the boy whom
Janoo had taken away with him, she
thought lie must be the same. She de-
scribed marks corresponding with those
on Janoo's boy; but, although she re-
mained some considerable time at Luck
now, no traces could be found of the boy,
and at last she returned to Bondee. All
these circumstances were procured by the
writer of the pamphlet from Sanaollah,
Ianoo's master, and from Janoo himself,
both of whom declared them to be strict.
iy true. The boy must have been with
the wolf six or seven years, during which
she must have had several litters of
whelps.-Frdser's Magazine.