The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-02-09
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
Wolf-Man-His Description and
History by a Missionary : ~

e,.n,.hss FOR publication the followin
hiohlv interest ng letter aom bis brothe'
inslaw. Rev. w. W. Hicks, a amissionor
In India; o.,
NV DEAR FRiENp. Il have not forgot
ten uur many conversations upon th'
,trsaoe freaks and fancies Of mo'he
nature; and especially concerniog 'h'
unaecuun,able sympathy when mas ooo'
known TO flaw from tue savage orn,
toward tte hDlcss'hunan 10 llis power
You gentlemen, who have spent y
many years in the study and teaching o
the phvsioloav aud the laws OF life, hav'
inconceivable advantages over such Piled
jers 90 myself, who caa only ec1eetdr.
what might be from what we see. But
think YOU rather gave up looking Tor at
cxplaontiou Of certain anomalies ina
came 10 our minds during our severe
oonversaliops. hope You will grnili
some of Us by Publishing those views you
were kind enough TO give US IN conver
s.tiop. upon some OF these unsettled
questions.
Al an, under promise to furnish you
with a written description OF the Noi,'
Mar Of Seetopore, hasten TO rede'ih IT.
DESCRIPTION.
4, vhs white VIC were sojourniog IN the
provi,ee OF Oudc, India, in place called
Seetapore, that there staggered NJ TO the
buny,I,w. o1o day, Hindoo with very
..r,nre eauires aud awkward manners.
His Jaws aud hands were both IN mo.
lon, aud he evidently desire u favor |
went out to him and tried, but couli re-
nothing from him hut wud gfunlt"l
sounds. and irightul gestures aud GRIM
aces. lie was not dumb, but no. man
could Interpret his language--it evidently
belongod 10 the lowest order Of beings.
He was riliable object to behold.
Ia height, about five feet.
Head. compitsscd, or suppressed at the
top, and quite round. Hair growing with
in two inches of his brow.
Ears, large, aud looking as though they
had been stretched.
Eyes black--very large, Win dis,posi'
ton TO turn up, and could roll IN MI drcc'
,ons without giving pain, aud were
evidently very kcen-siglied. They were
very healthy looking, and when in n IL
Of anger glowed aud dashed like very
demons.
Face aud whole contcnance small and
chnShc JInder law. broad aud round,
bcing yery s,rong.
Teeth, large aud quito even aud rcgu.
,or roscmhi;n, tho front teeth of a horse.
The uppet set wcra very much worn, es
pecialiy the front few, displaying when
,ho mo,,h w,s closed, n round nperlure
or on,ssncs, iodicnting tLnthe had mrrcd
C,r Iico Iong nfter infancy,
rha..v ,ory lnrrplv dpyelnpcd. with
.n,In'n' ,oii,r Inn, nnd lhrgr.
Ujps thrown back inn very uEsiphtly
manner. which prevented him from walk.
inc erect. They were very large nl,o,
ma ss no wore nothing but a slight cloth
aro,nd nj. l,ios. ulainly proved 10 every
ano ina, no had meyer learned TO walk
mo, hIs loe,.
TT" ~, h,ycJ frpm tho hin ,in,
., LII
r.,, Co., a,,kvard far doaeriotion An
,orid soe ,hnt !, rroujrcl the tx ,rcise of
hTh ,iIl and muscle to walk erect.
Fsc, nat vrry hrpe bu, sinpnlarly
.h.red Tho ,oes wero naturally formed,
hn, ,yc,, turned far outward, the upper
na,, ac ,ha ,rea, Toe being hard and
rough. rHrss
Hands. also, prcjcn,cd singular up-
,.,r.ncc' ,ho FINGERS reminding ono OF
clsws
c,.oucntlv succoodad in gcttiur him
IN ,un ON nil tours, aud hc could distance
mo In the shortest time. lie seemed to
h,vc yood memory, and was rreu,ful
for kindness. lie evidently knew that u
wolf Ind raised him, and delighted 10
show bv arrange actions their mode of
Iicc. Uo would show his teeth ike u
wolf and mt the wolf into hs face and
ovcs and dnsh off ON all fours, quitc clatod
Win, hia performance.
When reouirod. hc would show us, by
sigma. how he used TO be treated. Stlz
inc bimselfwi,h one hand by the throat
ho would Justify box his ears with the
o,ber.unul his howls would make you
tremblo and fancy wolf was at your
heels. There was no mistaking the
animal traininr of the poor fellow. lie
would pick his food out Of the dust, aud
eat il without any sign OF human tuslc.
In shor, hc could act like a wolf, howl
like wolf, run ike a wolf, eat like u
wolf and looked like wolf He shun.
ned society. and was afraid of a whiie
faee. He was not crazy
He was carried away from one Of the
VILLAGES near Seetapore, by wolf when
an infant. Chase was given, bur with.
out success. Years passed by; ihc oc.
currcnce died out OF thc minds of the pro.
ple. for such thing was not new; wolves
are constantly carving OF ehidron;
watches ar. kent TO prevent these in,