New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-05

We copy the following singular story from Colonel
Sleeman's late work on India:
There is now at Sultanpoor a boy who was found
alive in wolf den near Chandour about ten miles
from Sultanpoor, about two years and half ago. A
trooper, sent by the native governor OF the district OF
Chandour, to demand payment OF some revenue, was
passing along the bank Of the river near Chandour,
about noon, when he saw large female wolf leave
her den, followed by three whelps and little boy.
The boy went on all fours and seemed to be on the
best possible terms with the old dam and the three
whelps and the mother seemed to guard all four with
equal care. They all went down to the river and
drank, without perceivng the trooper who sat upon
his horse watching them. As soon as they were
about to turn back, the trooper pushed on to cut of
anG the boy; but he ran fast as the wheps
could, and kept up with the old one The G.
was uneven and the troopers horse could not
take them They all entered the den and the tTo per
assembled some people from Chandour with pickaXes,
and dug into the den. When they had dug in about
six or eight feet, the old wolf boed with her three
Wheps and the boy. The trooper mounted and pur-
sued followed by the heetest young Of the party;
and as the ground over which they had to fly was
more even, he headed them, and turned the whelps
and boy back upon the men on foot who secured the
boy and let the old dam and her three cubs go their
way
They took the boy to the village, but had to tie
him, for be was very FESTIVE, and struggled hard to
rush into every hole or den they came near They
tried to make him speak, but could get nothing from
him but an angry growl or snarl. He was kept for
several days at Inc village ana q large crowd assem-
bIed every day to see him, When gTuwn.up per-
son came near him he became alarmed, and tired to
steal away but when a child came near him he
rushed at it with fierce snarl like that of a dog,
and tried to bite it, When any cooked meat was put
before him. be rejected it with disgust but when
any meat was offered he seized it with ayidity,
put it on the ground under his paws like dog, and
ate it with pleasure. He would not let any one come
near him while he eating but he made no objec-
ton to dog coming and sharing his food with him.
The trooper remained with him tour or five days, and
then returned to the governor, leaving the boy in
charge of the Rajah of HasunpoOr. He related all
that he had seem and the boy was soon after sent to
the European officer commanding the first regiment
OF Dude Local Infantry at Sultanpoor, Captain Mich
oetts, by order of the Raah of Hasuupoor, who was
at Chaudour, and the boy when the trooper first
brought him TO- that village. This account is taken
from the Raiah's own report of what had taken
place. To cold, heat and rain he ap.
peared to be Indifferent and be seemed to care for
nothing but eating. He was very quiet and re-
qured no kind OF restraint after being brought TO
Captain Nicholetts. He had lived with Captain
Nichoetts servants about two years, and was never
heard to speak till within few minutes of his death,
when he put his hands to his head, and said "it
ached,n aud asked for water he drank it and died