The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-11-02
THE WOLF BOY.
THE CAPTURE OF WILD boy
FOUND PLAYING WITH CUBS-A
CURIOUS CASE-DOES NO1
LONG SURVIVE CAPTIVE.
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LONG SURVIVE CAPTIVI.
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One morning many years ago Mr..
H.. who happened at the time to be
MS s, ate ana collector OF the
Euawah diso 'ict, was out riding, ac.
con >cn.ed oy couple OF sewers or
mounyed 0. .derl.es. They were pass.
ng owe a portion o. Che -oad that
'2,y in the vic oitv o the river Jumna,
wbe.e tw" hail. own WOLF cubs
,'-ossei tee. oath, and, o'lowing
them more slowly. came a very re-
ms:Aab.e looking creature, which
shamDlcd a.oag on ell ours in an
eSt-.o:d 'ar;'y ulcouth :ashion.
Tas tufaet. out 20 be wolr.cbild.
Letting .n, he. two 90 unmolestad.
the three men Droceaned to hunt dowl
the human cuh ald succeeded in
y 'ag:ny !" TO bay. AS they wished
20 ,"f,e tle c .:iu e alive. and we're
al Oae :er unw .I'oy 20 nurt it in aav
way, they foa ID vle ;,reatest difficulty
in attempting to secu.e a., .Or it.
ought, b.J and clswea With extreme
fierceness and D7r.inac "; indeed.
having It, iven it into corner. Mr..
IL and one o. the sewers had to
mount guard, while the other native
proceeded to the nearest village and
got stout blanket for the purpose
o: tn owing it over its head, and it
ws.s by this means mat the capture
was at Length afec. ed. All the way
home the vol c-child behaved like a
m ad hing, Sc aami 3 and bowling,
now pi, cnuslv, now il a pa oxyism
o i,l DOT ,lrls, q IG was, however,
rake 20 Mi. HIS mouse out would
net be com o. tcd and for a long
.,ne refused all kinds of raw meat.
Tle cesvu e was boy o. about
nine years Of age, and IT may here
pe stateo that no female woif-chi!d
has ever been heard of Or see.. It
is not :=asy to ass IN a sniff lent
teason for the fact that females have
never beel SO discovered, unless we
suppose that. being less vigorously
constivuJcn they have been unable
to Withstand The terrible hardships
Of such an existence, and have very
soon sickcned and died. In ap-
pearance this boy was exceedingly
repul i've; his features were blunt
and coarse, and their expression
brutalizea and insensible AS to
his habits. they were exactly those
:. OF wild animal. Mr.. H. caused
m:nute inquiries to be maze through
out he neie ehbcri,g v.ll:ges as to
wheIhe. the inlabi ants had lost any
children through their being carried
off bv wolves, and, :" so, whether
they could recognize the human waif
that had been recovered by means of
birth marks, moles, or Other indeli-
BILE tokens. In the course of a few
days the father aid mother of the
lad were discovered. They identified
him by certain well-defi',ed marks
about the b. east and shoulders, and
Stated he had been ca.lied away
when about two years of age. His
parents ;nweve-. .ound him very
difficult to manage. for he was most
ff-ac ipus aD( troublesome, in fact,
i lust a cayc,. wild beast. Often
during the night foe hours together.
he woula, give vent to the most un-
earthly. yells a1a means, destroying
the rest and irritating the tempeis 8
o. his neiyhbors. all I,na"l: y MAX
ING night hideous Ol oae nccasion
his people chained him By the waist
to tree that stood near the hut.
| which was situated Oh The outskirts
! Of the villa-e. Thea 81 rather curious
incinen. nccu red. It was 4 bright.
r moonl: .ht nisht, al swo WOLF cubs
: -undoub. e'l!y tsoss ip nose com
pan;0asA y he had ,...a ;,odured-
attracted o. ,.,1,y by his cries
wbH' .,. ,,rowl came 10 him All
lw,.ra distinctly seen to glmbnl ahon
and play with him with "a 'nuti
f,nilia itv AMI affection as If the'
. considers him quit one ot them
) selves. They onl>- IL; MIN Oh TIL
7 approacFl Of morning. wren move
nent AMI stir again awoke III tn
VILLAGE. Accustomed to the Wilt
T. for at least half dozen years. caE
= tivity and the ci'n1a IN nis mo'e o
4 life appeared not to a@ree with nm
y :, for he gra luallv pin.' AWAY an
:" died. He never spolr wort. nc
~ did q single ray Of human INTEL
u gence ever shed its lsir'ag ligi
over his poor. debase'l features
10 Chambers JOu: nal.