Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
REARED AMONG WOLVES.
a Queer stsry Told by m American Mi
sionary Returned frbm tndia.

fthhNfN hNNNlhfN iNhNh hNiAih
in November, 1872, saw at Socuu
din, near Agra, in northern India,
n boy that Ind been brought up
among the WOLVES, ] published an
account OF his appearance at the
timc. and some further facts which /
havo lately learned concerning him
will also be OF interest
He was found ia 1867. Some mon,
passing through an unlrcqucnted
Jungle. suddenly came upon child,
apparently five or six years old, with
cut clothes and running upon his
hands and feet. They tried 10 catch
him, but he disappeared in u hole
which was evidently the lair Of some
wild beast.
Unable to unearth him by digging
and not daring TO go into tho hole
themselves, they reported the fact 90
the magistrate Of the district, who
directed them 20 start Il fire ut tho
mouth OF the den and smoke out It's
inmates OF whatever sort they might
be-. The fire was started, when pres
entity largo she wolf dashed out Of
the hole, scattering the fro and
speeding far away for safety. She
was soon followed by the boy whom
The men had seen before, and whom
they now caught with difficulty.
lie was evidently child Of human
parontage, but with the uppctitcs and
ways OF the wolf. lie could not walk
erect, he was without clothes, he had
no language but a whine. he would
eat nothing but raw flesh and would
lap his drink like a wolf. Put into
an inclosurc, he would lie in cor.
ncr during the day aud " night
would prowl about picking up bones
and ruyenously gnawing them.
After keeping him awhile the mag
istgUtc brought him 90 m orphanago
ut Sccundra, under tho care Of tho
! Church Missionary society, where ho
was kindly received and cared for,
and where he has since been, nm oh.
| icct Of unceasing wonder 10 the many
who have seen him there.
IIo has been taught 10 walk erect
though he does this nwkwardly--
to wear clothes, to drink like u hui.
man being and to use fork and
spoon uu has lost his appetite for
raw icsh. and he has no longer any
disposition 10 escape llo hus also
been taught 20 DO u littlc work, hut
he does not like 90 work. He hai
become wholly inoilcnsiyc and min
giles freely with the children, among
whom he has his favolitcs.
Hc evidently hears well and under
stands many things which are told
him, but he has never uttcredn word
or shown any wish TO speak, though
many efforts have been made &c
teach him articulation.
lIo is now, Us far Us can be Judged
about thirty years Of age. His foro
! head is low, but his features are reg
ular, and his eyes, though wild ant
restless, have not an idiotic look
His jaws do not prohude, and hi
teeth arc regular and human. III
arms, legs and body differ from thos,
of an ordinary human being only b,
far NJ incident 60 his habits OF loco
motion when he was first found.
How far no has ever become con
, scious OF moral or religious truth i
is impossible 10 say. The ncaies
approach lie has shown 10 somethinl
! like an apprehension of an unscoi
world was in connection with TN
. death of one who cared for him an,
, of whom he was very fond.
At tho funeral, as the body wa
, lowered into the grave, the poor boy
= looked wistfully NJ the coffin an,
; then at the bystandcis, EVIDENT,
wondering what II all meant. b,
gestures and other signs, by icigninl
TO I've sick and dying, and then point
ing downward and upward, the by
ISLANDERS seemed 10 awaken in hin
/. some strange thought of something
}. which could not be seen, and after
r ward, when sick himself, he Ia.
. down and closed his eyes and pointe'
o 10 the earth and sky.
From n friend in India, whohas re
!, Gently seen him, | learn that no
still living Mt tho orphanago whcr
( he was first taken. Rev j. ii. Seclc
!. in Congregationalist,