Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-04
SOME WERE WOLF BOYS.
QUEER CASES OF CHILDREN
REARED BY WOLVES.
They Ate aud Lived like Wild Animals
and Never Could ne Tanned
Authentic In stances Of the
Kind on Record.

Kind on Record.
Relapsed man is found In three
forms-one the most marked and
least human. is that which ensues
when he has, as child. been carried
J of and kept-often for several years
by wild animal This is the acute
form relapse says the Spectator and
exhibits all the symptoms OF the Pin
dus boy with several others among
them a wholly carniverous appetite
the voice of Wild beast extreme
ferocity. and a temper quite impossi-
BILE to humanize. The second and
milder form occurs when young
child has run wild or been deserted.
and manages TO keep itself alive with
out human aid. to which form the case
OF the Greek boy belongs
The Wild boy of Hanover. found in
the last century. was a similar in
stance. He ran on all-fours ate
nothing but roots and nuts and was
without speech The third form. now
very rare in Europe. but not uncom-
mon in the Ardennes and other dis
tricts where the wolf still lives. is
clearly the result OF the mental NAL
ady OF lycanthropy sufferers from
which are yearly brought to be
touched by the Holy Stole OF ST.
Hubert who II less potent than his
votaries imagine to drive the latent
poison OF hydrophobia from the
tainted blood. can still minister to a
mind diseased and with mystic and
cOnsOling rites cures sufferers who. ex-
hibit beyond a doubt all the worst
traits by which relapsed man is
marked in the completest form OF
retrogression.
What these characteristics are may
be judged from the curious and com.
plete instances of the capture Of chill
dren living in wolves dens in the
Province Of Dude collected. il is be-
lieved by Colonel Sleeman the able
officer who took leading part in tho
suppression OF the Thugs Of India.
| In the first case. which occurred near
the Goomtee river in district where
wolves abound and are never killed by
| the natives from fear OF the i'll luck
which their death will bring upon the
village native trooper saw large
she wolf leave her den followed by
three whelps and a little boy.
The boy seemed on the best posi-
BILE terms with the old dam and the
three whelpS and the mother wolf
seemed TO guard all four with equal
care. They all went down to the
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were chased by the trooper. but they
escaped over rough ground into the
den. the boy running on all fours quite
as fast as the young wolves The
man then got assistance and dug the
whole party out; the wolves and boy
bolted together. and the boy was
caught fastened TO a rope, and led to
the village.
He could not speak. but growled and
snarled like young wolf and tried 10
bolt in every hole and shelter that was
passed. After four days he was sent
70 an English officer Captain Nicho-
let's. Though kindly treated. he never
learned to speak ran away from
grown-up people, flew az children and
tried 10 bite them. aud ran 70 eat his
food on all fours. But he was friend.
ly with pariah dog and would let II
share his food. He would suck up a
whole pitcher OF buttermilk without
drawing breath apparently. He never
laughed or smiled. and DESTROYED all
the clothes given him
Two and a half years after bis cap
ture he died. and just before his death
spoke once or twice. saying his head
ached, and pronouncing the word for
water. Another child caught in a
VOLTS den in the same neighborhood
was even more savage He would
only eat raw flesh. on which he put
his hands as a dog puts its forefeet
He drank in the manner mentioned
before, and habitually ran on all fours
from which his knees and knuckles
were quite hard Though reclaimed
by his mother he was quite untam-
able. and at last lived in the village
streets like pariah dog, going every
night into the Jungle.
A third boy caught near Hasanpur
could walk upright but preferred "a
go on all Tours, and ran SO fast In that
position that no one could catch him.
He could not talk out was induced 20
wear clothes. But he still remained
so inhuman that few people would
keep him for any time. and for three
nights in succession wolves were seen
TO come up and awake him In each
case the boy played with the wolves.
who capered round him and licked
him.
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