New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01

flesh food She steals out at night In quest OF prey.
Scan she espies weak place In the fence generally
constructed Of matching grass and bamboos) whlch
incloses the compound. "unguah' OF a poo
vllager. She enters. doubtless In the hope OF Sc
,uring a kid and while proving about inside looks
into a hut where woman and infant are soundiy
sleeping In a moment she has bounced on the
child and IL out reach before It's cries can attract
the villagers. Arriving safely at her den under the
rocks she drops the llttle one among her CUBS.
AT this critical time me fate Of the chill hangs IN
the balance. Either It Will be Immediately torn
70 pieces and devoured. or In a most wonderful way
remain In the cave unframed. In the event OF
escape the fact may be accounted for in several
ways Perhaps the cubs are already gorged when
the child is thrown before them. or are being sup
simply llcEing The sleek. oily body dndoo mothers
daily rub their boy babies with some nativ" Vese-
table olD Of the infant and thus II lies IN the nest
By degrees getting the odor OF The VOL CUPS aier
which the mother wolf Will not modest H. In a
little time the infant begins to feel the pangs OK
hunger and hrng H. cubs sicHs' c sC0m
f.r Of harm 20 the child from wolves has me and
is @ e h "l own sIT th an" ai P Hloo
~ cours, many hundreds OF uAi lrtunate ch'l !ren
only IN very rare Instances do they escape DEATH
Late statistics published Of the mortality from Will
people during a year out Of which 2s fell victims
to wolves alone These we may Sc XXI Indian
wolves though 80 strong and feet, are great
cowariA and Will never approach much less a''aoH
chiiiren recovered wolves at AZ rent tines
have been identified by h"'r ptrents tntougn pr'n or
read 81 girl wolf child hav.nf been found Inc
reason for this may be that th,y have soon broken
down under the strain u 50 t"Fribe an rN, ,r'.e
and have persisted IN the jungle where the rpnser
months was ftolen from a lIlndoo's hu, by wolf
not ,wcnty Yards from my SanEe,o%' as ia the
unhappy creatures have been reclaimed am k,nlly
tlcatei none have ever been seen to smile Iheir
on the hands and feet, but the knees and elbows
The reason the knees are used Is 10 be acc9untel
OF the human leg and thlgh. in proportion TO the
length Of the arm the knee would naturally be
the toes would be used instead Of the sole , ams
heel Of the almost inneX.9c foot Why tne eiI9% s
easy understand. but probably It Is better suited
to give support 10 the head and fore part OF the
Oh scars and scratches have been nStcsd on the
legs and arms Of some OF these wolf children WHICH
from their appearance. would lead one 10 believe
they had been inflicted At some time oy the Young n
romp,ng in play with their human fosier-brother.
An interesting case q Eo eha MAS tSa
Etwah district near the banks OF me river Jun ni
boy was captured from the wolves This child child
was after found m him v.y d ~ 10 manage for he
most fractions and trou6esome,,n ract' 'n sr
hours together he would give vent 70 most un;
earthly es 1.a & sS
orally making night hideous on one occasion e., i,a
his chained him by the waist 10 tree on tHc
outskirts OF the village. Then rather curious
incident occurred. 1t was bright moonhgnt niemt:
and two wolf cubs Undoubtedly those N whose
companionship he had been captured) attracted by
his cries while the prowl. came TO him. and were
distinctly gambol round him with as nuch
familiarity and affection as II they consdereu MIN
quite one OF themselves. They only left him on me
again In the village This BOY ga not sur .
vIvc long He never spoke. nor did a single ray or
human intelligence evsy shed Its refining sht over
his dcbased features" - !,
Some OF these poor walls have been recovered
after spending ten or years In the fellowship or
wolves and though Wild and savage at first. have
in time become tractable In some DECREE hey are
rarely seen 10 stand upright unless 10 look arou1
and they gnaw bones In the manner OF dog. hoiid-
ing one end between the forearms AMI hands wniie
ioo near The wolf child has little except It's out
ward form 10 show that II IL a human being win
soul 1t is fearful and terrible thing and hard 20
UNDERSTAND that the mere fact OK cnild conpiete
isolation from is kind should bring II TO such
a state OF absolute degradation. or course, they
learned 10 make known their wants by few signs.
When first taken they fear the approach OF ADULTS
and II possible Will stink out OF sight; but should
a child OF their own Size or smaller, come near.
they will g-owl. and even snap and bite at H. On
the other hand. the close proximity or parlah
dogs or iacrais is unresented. in some cases vel
coined: FOR | have heard OF them sharing their
food with these animals. and even pettng ana lond-
ling them They have In time been orousht on 10
a cooked meat diet, but would always prefer raw
flesh Some have been kept alive after being re-
claimed for AS long two years; put Tor some
rrason or other they all sicken and die. generally
long before that time. One would think. however,
thnt having undoubtedly very robust constitutions.
they might be saved II treated IN scientinc manner
and properly managed.