The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
Wolf Children
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 -Aa Engllsh magaflnc has latci, revive, several htefe,,ins and aged sinties con. ertnins volt ,hlId,cn X wolf, ,hlld h :. human heinE whom wolves have kidnap- ped at \ ,rn catls age Reared rs tasRetS m thr Sarte.y VI ,.ol> -. the wolf. ehiid leains all=then hahi,s. n,lusling th al ai sp1nk en all is,uts, and lose. alse kn"Ntedgc ut any language. except the paiii, ul.,t ~ot ,liais,t of hIs companions Seseialot these wolf. hildicn have bccu .I'tnted iinn tune io time. eh,ehy ,n l.dta They have renamed entirely un- 'ainahic and have dicd after A few week oi eap,niiy here san be no doubt ot truth pi ,he.e stofies. since thay have been repeatedly pnn,ed in newspaper and n.agayines. and We must admn thA, ~''iSrs sio ktdnAp and adopt human 'hildtcn and bs ateiul educ Ational tram tng nil thcii mtnds eselusrvcl, with woihsh lde.t.
 Inc iot' blr adoption of ehildten by .,itnt.l, '',a, ,t.m grossly improbable ,e unieaiurd and unpreiudl' ed people. hut. even sst,ie from what has been Aald of tho kldnapping ha,,,, ot wolves, there n nothing improbable in II Al, otding to fff' 'ss" Fifi "a UT Afis bAl ttft ttlIf llsAf -..ta-sse A4 -ni eilteIlIning Llis Ia .thr sdop tslao ssfuuela, tats. he bens. and ali sotls oi anfm4ls Why may not oihrt animals imitate thiA ptoal4atity oi the uencx niFnt rnf and tt,, lu.ir Aa.iIlat iniauls among th~ mls ciiancoua ,fsatafes al 'i"pied b hen ln pom, oi ta6, the siuneE gtweli- i,i.i.en ia nut stand alone and tn 9at pSu 'nuntt} there have been iepca,sd lns,ah'es oi the adoption of shlidfcn by rts enir,' sniiaals.
 l pi essmpie there is stety oi the al t,oy 9i Afifons Twenty years ago a baby snteeu itpntla oid. Deiuugiuy tp family fraId,ng ii Au1ona, eas cattleds pn bya Dw bcionging tp one of ,hr hetda pt ~tld cattle that roam ns.f the plans ot Anfoua. CT at all events ought tu toaisi ss.rr them n Inc intcres,a of poetry and the leather bosne,s ile eo~ having .eutufed neal the house then the lnian' ~,a playing on inc door -ssep. snatths hum Hp n her mouth and made her eAe Ape tD the forest before tbr alattu ,oHid be gwen sesen yean did the ~e"pns father ef ihai infant hunt ,he ~ls kcd cow in ssin bn' a' 'hr beglnIny 1i 'hc elgh'h year st ias t,~trassurn, he spiHts,i si-t s:ss! hls ntssing ngspnng The latter had bsFofne morally alf firs alf-e hild walked on sll fDuN. spoke he s,,ic lAagaage hIth great perfection and llsed en gsass and hay He ~as taken home. 'auRhf'o spcak tngilsh, and partially fc, lai'ned from bo.1nisin bu' t9 'h- day Df las death ~ht.h a.eufred in ht- eighteenth year. br retained hia fond n-ts fpf hay and hss skin pfssersrd t'a ieaihefy texture so ~elF that his father made par of 6.,t,'s oi f ~hlfh h no ose could tisnnguish from 'hs yefy t,est of aifasin bba,s.
 Then there uae the t,eAs-ehiid et Ill., noA In is7z A party oi hunter dts coseted tear, den iu inc ouiskirs pf ( hls ago. fhey kili-d ths f~o yerS hne large beAfs, bu, spared thy small bear ,hst ~aA ia all sppeaIanee human child oi a,,sui three yrarp yf @ss :!s's .A.i.i- i,ear rapidly threw of n0si of hIs bezfist habits, and ID shon time became 4 fzihy ciuIiz<d esturn of ChI,Ago. The only ua1ra of has esiu6 Aiion winch he re- ,zined we're an Inofdinsie growth of hair pn the face and wonderful power of Squeez,ng anything around which he could put his Arfns He was immensely popular with the young iad,es Of 6hisa ago. and had he not died within ,~o years after n,s rccxptuI. froin h.s gfs:ne k,d- nappers he would probably have become the most popular man in the state, fl no, m the whole west