The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-01

bic fears subsidized, aud be kept quiet, Gain
log condolences by degrees, he drove thnm
away hut, after going little distance, they
returned and began ~ play again with the
hoy, AZ luAt he succeeded in dririAB them
OF AltoBeiheT,N The night sher, three vOlrss
rAmc, hnd Ne boy and'they played iOBsfiavF,
a few uiEHst sfl6T, four wolves came, bat ~
30 time dia more Ihan four come They
oariu fur OF i've times, and JanoO had no
longer any fear Of them add hs thinks that
the hThl two that came must have been the
two cubs with which the boy Was fret found,
and that they we're prevented from teiEing
him hy recognizing the small. They licked
his face With their tongues a. he put his
hands on their heads,
Soon amer, his master, Sana0llah, returned
10 Lucknow, and threatened JAnoo 20 turn
him out Of his service unless ha lot 80 the
my, lie persisted In taking the hoy with
hia, and he master Trleutrd, lie bad
stHng tied 20 his arm, aud led him along by
il, aud put bundle Of clothes on hla head.
A. they passed jungle, this boy ~ould throw
dowA tbs bundle, and ny 10 Tul into the
Jungle, but on being beaten, he woslle put up
hil hands In duplication, take up ths bandle
aud 90 on but be seemed soon'to forget die,
heating, aud did the same thing at almost
every jungle they came through by degrsgs
he became quite doeils, JAhoo Was one day,
about three months amer thsir rtlurn 10
luekUow, sent away by bis master foT a dag
80 two on some business, and belOrs hls
turn the boy had run of, aud hs sould nsver
fad him again. About tW0 nSuthA after the
hey rad gone, a uGnaaa, Of tho weARer caste,
same with letter from a relation VI the ha-
jih Hurdul Sing, to SanhollAh, stating that
she resided in the village Of ChuTsyTakoIrs,
ON his estate, aud had had her son, then
about four years Of age, taken from her, about
hive or siK years before, by wolff and, from
the description which she gave Of hIlm hs,
the Rajhhs relation, thought he mus be the
by whom his servant. Janoo. took away Win
him. She said that her boS had Two marks
upon hin',-One on thv chest Of boil, aud one
ol something else on the forshradj and a.
tiess marks eoTsspondcd precisely with
those found upon the boy, neither she nor
thsy had any doubt that he was her lost son.
She remained for four months with the mer-
Giant Sanuullah, aud Juuoo, bis kiduuighar,
at Lucknow but the boy could not be found
aud she returned hame, praying that inioT- !
nation mEh be sent to' her should he be
discovered. SAnHollah, JAnOo, and liamEan /
Khan, Ars stiA ~ lucknow, and before me
have az Shree declared, oil the circumstances I
here stared 10 be strictly true. Tho boy wAs
altogether about five months with SanaollAh /
and his servants, from the time they got him
and he had hFen taken nbout four months /
several Guers Of whtlpS during the SiG or
seven earT She tile hoy was With her. ia.
moo further adds, that he, 'ailrr a month or
two, VentuTed Ia Try n whist band upon the
hoy, hut lac bfrn tore Il of in dialresa or an I,
ger. Afvep he had become reeoAeilad TO this /
iH' aboup lFo months, he Vcnisrsd 10 put on
him vest auh'a pair OF tror'sera. lie had
great difTiyulty in making him keep them on,
with threat. and occasional bcRungA lie
i. f..Tf kan
left alone. bui hut them on again Ia alarm
when diseovrrsli. aud ~ tlre las; often injur-
ell or destroyed thsm lay rubbing them
against trees or posts, like beast whsn any
ptrt Of hi, body itsa.i. This habit he could !
nee er break him OF
RAah Huutst Srwae, who il now in Luck !
now on business, tells me (2Sth January, !
1871 that the ssum brought the boy to
Bonder and there Kept him for short time.
- long A. he remained hut IA soon AZ he
went OIL the boy came Ia him, and he kept
him for three months that he appeared to
him 20 he twelve years Of agei that he ate
raw meat az long as he remained with him,
with evident pleasure, whenever i was otier- /
ed 10 him, but would not touch bread and
other dressed food put before him that he |
went on all-fourG, but would stand and 90
hHkNhrdly on two legs when threatened or |
made 10 do Goi that he seemed tounderstAnd /
"
word that he seldom attempted 10 bite any I
one, nor did he teNTtbe clothes that he put
-4.t.asa hilA al -SAnAallAh, the Gashmeeree
merchant, used At that time TO come to him |
ohsn with AhRwls Ar sale, end must have Ia !
ken the hoy away with him, hut he does not
rreollsct having given the boy to him. He
says that he never himself sent any letter TO !
SGnaoIlah with the mother Of the boy, hut
his brother or 'some other relation OF his may ,
4 * e..
Il il remarkable, that I Gun discover no
wrll-established instance Of man who had |
been nurtured in VOLTS den having been |
found. There il, at Lucknow, an old man |
who was found in the Dude Tarae, when n
lad. by the hut Of an old hermit who had
died. lie ia supposed to hare been taken |
from the wolves by this old hermit. The |
trooper who found him brought him 10 tho
king some forty years ago, and he has been
ever since supported by the king comfortably.
lie il G,ill called the wild man Of the woods.
lie was one day sent TO me at my request,
and talked with him. Ills features indicate
him to be OF the Tharoo tribe, who found /
only in that forest. lie il very inodensive,
speaks bat little, and that little impcrfeetly !
and is still impatient Of intercourse with bis
iellow-mcn, particularly with such as are dis !
posed to tease him with questions. asked !
him whether he had any recollection Of hSv-
ing been with wolves. lie said, "The wolf |
died long before the hermit y but he Seem0d
10 recolleot nothing more, and there is no
mark on his knees or elbows TO indicate that
he ever went on all-fours. That he was
found M A Wild box in the Threat, -thsHs can
lie uo doubt but do not feel at all sure 4
that he ever lived with wolves. From what
| have seen aud heard, should doubt Wheth-
rr any boy who had been many years with
wolves, up to the age of eight or ten, could
ever attain the average intellect Of man.
have never heard Of man who had been
spared and nurtured by wolves having been
foundi and. as many boys have been recover
ell from wolves Aftsr they had been many
years with them, va nluAt conclude, that after
time they either die from living exclusively
on nuimal food, before they attain the age OF