New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-08

About seven years since, a trooDer in attend
ance upon Rajah Hurdut Singh, of Bondee, on
the lett bank OF the Ghagra river, in the district
OF Baraeteh, N passing near q small stream saw
there two wolf cubs and o boy drinking He
managed to seize the boy, who seemed to be
about ten years old; but was so wild and
exceedingly fierce that he tore the trooner's
clothes, and hit him in several places The
haJah at hrst had him tied up in bis artillery
gun sired, and fed him with raw meat, hut ne
vas afterwards allowed to wander frealy about
the Bondee bazaar. He there one day ran off
with JOINT OF meat from o butchers shop, and
one OF the bazaar keepers let fly an arrow at
him, which penetrated his thigh !. lad named
Janoo, servant OF a Cashmere merchant then
at Bondee, took compassion ON She poor boy,
extracted the arrow from his thigh, and IRE
pared Il bed for him under a man 20 tree wlpre
he himself lodged. Here be Kept him fastened
TO q tent,pln Up 10 this time he would eat
nothing but raw flesh, but Janoo gradually
brought hin to eat pals of rice and pulse.
In about six weeks after he had been tied ND
under the tree, after much rubbing Of his Joints
with oil, he Was made to stand and walk upright,
Hitherto he had gone on all tours Ia about
four months he began to understand anu ODE,
signs In this manner he was taught to pre-
pare the hookah, put LIGHTED charcoal on the
tobacco, and bring it to Janoo, or to whomso-
ever he pointed out. He was never heard, how
ever, to utter more than one articulate sound
This was "Aboodeea, the name of the little
daughter Of Cashmere mimic, or player who
had once treated him with kindness, The odor
from his body was very offensive nnd Janoo had
him rubbed with mustard seed soaked in water.
in the hope of removing ii, This was done for
some months, during which he was still led on
rice and flour, but the odor did not leave lin,
One night, while the boy was lying unicr the
m1QpO-trpP, a E tJro
thily towards him; and, after smelling him,
they touched him, and he got up I1stead,
however, of being frightened, the boy Put tt.a
hands upon their heads, and they began to rlng
with him, capering about him, while he t6IfS
straw and leaves ut them. Janoo tried to drive
them OFF, but he could not; anu, becoming much
alarmed, he called to tine sentry over the guns
and told him that the wolves were going 10 eat
the COY. lie replied Come away, and leayt
him. or they will eat you also'' But when ia
moo saw them begin 10 play together, his fears
subsidized and he continued to watch them qua
city. Al last he succeeded III driving them off
but the following night three wolves CAME gnu
n few nights after four, which returned several
times, Janoo thought that the Two which first
came must have been the cubs with w,,Ith tie
boy was fund, and that they wauld have seized
him had they not recognized him by the smell.
They licked his face with their tongues as he
pun iuS udbtls Oh tlelr HeattS.
When Janoo's master returned to Lucknow,
be WIS, after some difficulty, persuaded to allow
Janoo to take the boy with him. Accordingly,
JanoO led HIM along by string tied to ms arn,
aud put a bundle Of clothes on his head When
ever they passed a jungle, the boy would throw
down his bundle, and make desperate attempts
to escape. When beaten, he raised his haudsjn
suppllcation, 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 q day or two, ard found On his return that
the boy had disappeared. He could never be
found again
About two months after the boy had gone, n
woman Of the weaver caste came to Lucknow
with letter from the Rajah Of Rondee, stating
that her son, when four years old, had, five OF
six years before, been carried off by a vol; and
from the description given of the boy whom
Janoo had taken away with him, she thought
he must be the same She described marks
with those on Janoo's boy; but.
she remained some considerable time
at Lucknow, no traces could be found of tho
boy, and atlast she returned to Bardao All
these circumstances were procured by the writer
OF the pamphlet from Sanaollah, Janoo' master.
and from JaRoo himself, both Of whom declared
them to be strictly rue The boy must have
been with the wolf six or seven years, during
which she must have had several filters Of
Whelps lFrazer's Magazine.