Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-07-27


HIM, which penetrated his thigh. A lad name,
oanoo, servant of a Cashmere merchant then II
bondee, took compassion on the poor boy, extri
Gated the arrow from his thigh, and prepared .
oed Tor him undera mango tree, where he him
sell lodged. Here he kept him fastened to {
( tent-pin. Up to this time he would cut nothins
but raw flesh, but Janoo gradually brought hin
to eat balls Of rice and pulse
In about six weeks after he had been tied ur
under the tree, after much rubbing of his joint
with oil, he was made to stand and walk up.
right. Hitherto he had gone on all-fours. II
about four months he begen to understand ant
obey signs In this manner he was taught t,
prepare hookah, put charcoal on the tobacco
and bring it to Janoo, or to whomsoever h,
pointed out He was never heard however, te
utter more than one artcuate sound. This wa
Hboodeea, the name of little daughter ofs
Cashmere mimic, or player, who had once treat
ed 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 removing 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 stealth
lily towards him. and after smelling him, they
touched him, and he gotup. Instead, however
of being frightened, the boy put his hand upon
their heads and they began to play with him
capering about him, whilst he threw straw ant
leaves at them. Janoo tried to drive them off
but could not; and becoming much alarmed, ht
called to the sentry over the guns and told him
that the wolves were going to eat the boy. HI
replied, "Come away and leave him, or they
will eat yon also;" but when Janoo saw then
begin to play together, his fears subsided and
he continued to watch them quietly. At last
he succeeded in driving them off; but the follow
ing night three wolves came, and few night'
after four, which rctured several times. JanoC
thought that the two which first came mus
have been the cubs with which the boy wal
found, and that they would have seized him hat
they not recognized him by the smell. They
licked his face with their tongues as he put hi
hand on their heads.
When Janoos master returned to Lucknow
he was, after some difficulty, persuaded to ALLOW
10 H., !, h;p, Aoonr1, in ly
Janoo led him along by string tied to his arm
and put bundle of clothes on his head When
ever they passed jungle, the boy would throw
down his bundle and make desperate attempts
to escape When beaten he raised his hands il
supplication, took up his bundle and went on
but the sight Of the next jungle produced tn
same excitement. A short time after his return
to Lucknow, Janoo was sent away by his maste
for day or two, and found on his return tina
that the boy had disappeared. He could neve
be found again.
About two months after the boy had gone,
woman of the weaver caste came to Lucknov
with letter from the Rajah of the Bondee
stating that her son, when four years old, had
five or six years before, been carried off by
wolf; and from the description of the boy whom
Janoo had taken away with him, she thought i
must be the same. She described marks CORES
ponding with those on Janoo's boy but al
though she remained some considerable time Il
Lucknow, no traces could be found Of the boy
and at last she returned to Bondee. All thes'
circumstances were procured by the writer o
the pamphlet from Sanaollah, Janoo's master
and from Janoo himself, both of whom declared
them to be strictly true. The boy must hav'
been with the wolf six or seven years, during
which she must have had several litters o
whelps .......
It is remarkable that no well-authentlcatet
instance has been found of full-grown maj
who had been nurtured in VOLTS den. Th'
writer of the pamphlet mentions an old man
Lucknow, who was found when lad in th
Dude Tarae, by the hut of IN old hermit wh'
had died there. He is supposed to have beer
taken from the wolves by this hermit, and il
still called the Wild Man of the Woods. ,
" He was one day." says the writer, sent tt
me ut my request and talked with him. Hi
features indicate him to be of the Tharoo tribe
who are found only in this forest. asked hin
whether he had any recollection of ever having
been with wolves. He said the wolf died lonl
before the old hermit do not feel at all sure
however, that he ever lived with wolves" Ii
another instance, a lad came into the town
Hasanpoor, I. who had evidently been brough
up by wolves" He was apparently about tel
yea,s old, was very dark, and had, at first, shor
hair all over his body, which gradually disar
peared as he became accustomed to eat salt food
lie never spoke, but was made to understan
signs we'll. 1t is not known what EVENTUAL
became of him.
These are doubtful cases: but in the forme
instances there seems no room for questionin
the acts. Our readers, however, must judge ft
themselves. AT all events, the subject appeal
ed to US 50 curious and full of interesting su,
gestions, that we hardly think they will qua
rel with us for bringing it thus briefly und'
their notice.--Fraser' Magazine.
FRENCH EXPEDITION In NANKIN.
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