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

! nd little boy. The boy went on all fours ap-
parently in the best possible terms with his fierce
!. companion. and the wolf protected him with as
much care MS if he had been one Of her own
yhclps. All went down the the river and drank,
, without noticing the trooper, who, as they were
about to turn back, pushed on in order to cut
, of and secure the boy But the ground was
uneven, and his horse could not overtake them.
All rc-entered the de-; ; and the trooper then
assembled some people from Chandour, with
pick-axes, who dug into the den for about six
or eight feet, when the old olfbolted, followed
by her three cubs and the boy. The trooper,
accompanied by the Aeetest young men of the
party, mounted and pursued and, having at
last headed them, he turned the whelps and boy
(who ran quite us fast) back upon the men on
foot. They secured the boy and allowed tho
Others to escape.
The boy thus taken was appaielitly about nine
or ten years old, and had all the habits ofa wild
animal. On his way to Chandour 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 at
child with fierce snar, like that of dog. and
tried to bite it. Cooked meat he would not eat,
but he seized raw food with eagerness, putting
it on the ground under his hands, and devouring
it with evident pleasure. He growed angrily
if any one approached him while eating, but
made no objection to dogs coming near and
sharing his food. The trooper left him in charge
of the Rajah of Hunsunpoor, who saw the boy
Immediately after he was taken. Very soon af
terwards he was sent, by the Raph's Order to
Captain Nicholctt' $ at Sultanpoor; for although
his parents are said to have recognized him when
first captured, they abandoned him on finding
that he displayed more of the VOLTS than of
human nature.
lie lived in the charge of Captain Nicholett's
servants nearly three years; very inofensive,
except when teascd, but still a complete animal.
lie could never be induced to keep on any kind
of clothing, even in the coldest weather and on
one occasion tore to pieces quilt, stuffed with
cotton, and ate a 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 wolf; and it was only on rare
occasions that he walked upright Human be-
ings he always Stunned, and never willingly re-
mained near them On the other hand, he
seemed foud of dogs and jnckals, and indeed all
animals, and readily allowed them to feed with
him. He was nsver known to laugh OR smile,
and was never heard to speak until within a few
minutes of his death, when he put his hands to
his head and said itachcd, and asked for WATER
. which he drank and died. Possibly, had this
boy lived, he might gradually have been brought
to exhibit more intellect and intelligence but
almost every instance sccihs to prove how com
pletcly the human nature is supplanted by the
brutal. The next is still from the neighbsrhood
of the Gontee. In March, lS43, a cultivator
who lived at Chupra about twenty miles east
of Sultanpoor, went to cut his crop of wheat
and pulse, taking with him his wife, and son
about three years old, who had only lately re-
covered from u severe scald on the left knee. As
the father was reapng, wolf suddenly rushed
upon the boy, caught him up and made off with
him towards the rayines. 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 Sipahees
from Singramow, about ten miles from Chupra,
were watching for hogs on the border of the jun
=, gle, which extended down to the Khobae rivu-
let, they saw three wolf-cubs anda boy come out
from jun. lie, and go down to drink at q stream
all four then ran towords den in the ravines
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 hind leg and
drew him back. He was very angry and saw
age, bit at the men, and, scizing in his teeth the
barrel of one of their guns, shook it fiercely.
The Sipahees, however, secured him, brought
him home, and kept him for twenty days, dur
ing which 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 to the bazaar,
in the village of Koeleepoor, to be supported by
the charitable people of the place, till he might
be recognized and claimed by his parents. One
market day man from the village of Chupra
happened to see him in the bazaar, and on his
return described him to his neighbors. The
cultivator, the father of the boy, was dead, but
!, his widow, asking for minute description Of
: the boy, fonnd that he had the mark of scald
. on the left knee, and three marks of the teeth
of an animal on the side of his loins. Fully
: believing him to be her lost child, she went
!. Immediately to the Koelee bazaar, and in addi-
ton to these two marks, discovered third on
9 his thigh, with which her boy was born.
% She took him home to her village, where he
Il still remains, but, as in the former case, his hu.
e man intellect seems to have all but disappeared
i The front of his knees and elbows had become
u hardened, from his going on all-fours with the
= wolves, and although he wanders about the vii
IS lage during the day. he always steals back tc
a the Jungle at nightfall. He is unable to speak
s. nor can he artculate any sound distinctly Ir
D. drinking, he dips his face into the water, but
10 does not lap it up like wolf. He still pre-
" fers raw Aesh and when bullock dies and thu
skin is removed, he attacks and eats the body il
company with the village dogs.
"a Passing by a number of small stories, we com,
n to one which is in many respects the most re
~ markable. About seven years since, troope
II in attendance upon Rajah Hurdut Singh, 0
III Bondee, on the left bank Of the Ghagra River
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