The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-24

out. After a short, sharp struggle, In
which several men were bitten, the
latter was captured. On Feb. 4, 1867,
he was sent by the magistrate of the
district in which he was taken to the
Secundra ~orphanage, and because the
day he arrived there happened to be
Saturday he was named Sinichar. At
the time of his capture Sinichar SEEM
ed to be about s years old. He was en-
tirely nude, but for the short, thick
hair which covered his body. His be-
havior Was altogether that of a brute
and 1T was long before he could be
induced to wear any clothing what
ever or in other ways conduct himself
like a human being. He ate his food
from the ground, putting his hands on
1t as a dog does his forepaws, gnaw-
ing the flesh from the bones and
crunching the bones themselves with
ease and evident enjoyment.
A medical missionary has Illus de-
scribed this creature:"His head Is
small, his brow uncommonly low and
contracted, while his eyes in proper
ton to his head and face are large.
They are of a grayish color and squint-
ing. He has a small, thin, wrinkled face,
on which are n or two large cica-
trices, marks no doubt, of severe bites.
On the other parts of his body also are
evident signs of the rough treatment
to which he was subjected when living
in the ave with his unamiable COM
panions. His height, when he stands
erect, is 5 feet 2 inches. In walking
he lifts his feet like one wading
through wet grass and as he moves
along all the muscles of his body
seem to be undergoing a series of
jerks, while his arms are thrown about
in such a ann as to convey the i'm
preston that they must materially as
s1st him in his progress. His head also
is continually in motion, turning from
side to side with great rapidity, while
his eyes, which have at all times a
hungry appearance, glare as if he ex-
pected al attack from some unseen en-
envy. When viewed from behind as he
walks or when he stands in front Of
you with his head inclined to n side,
rolling his large gray eyes, beating
upon his stomach to show that he Is
hungry or initiating the smoking of a
cigar, of which he is very fond, grin
ming and uttering inarticulate and I'M
Ineligible sounds, he certainly pre-
sents a strange appearance" Two
facts are noticeable about the "wolf
ohi1drpno hithortn diconuaroI coarnc
easily enough explained. One is that
they have all been males. 1t may, Of
course, Gust have happened So" that
only male children have ever had the
distinction of a wolf foster mother.
But were it otherwise, then the rugged
constitution of the male child, ena-
bling 1t the better to withstand the
terrible experiences incident to such
life, would be a reasonable explana-
ton of why males only have survived
the ordeal. When one thinks how
weak and helpless q thing the human
child is, even the strongest toddlers of
3 years old, 1t seems even miraculous
that even one such child could exist
for a single day or ever for a few
hours in the unnatural environments
of a VOLTS den. The other fact is that
all such creatures when found have
been children. The Oldest of them at
the time of capture could hardly be
more than s or 10 years old. This, no
doubt, is accounted for by the various
moving accidents of food and field"
to which all such foster children would
be more and more continuously ex-
posed as they grew older and were
more entirely thrown on their own re-
sources. They would neither have the
instincts nor the strength and endur-
ance to contend successfully in the
struggle for existence with their brute
comrades and competitors.