The Philipsburg mail., 1900-10-26

given him was Sinichar. He was found
In 1857 In the jungle of Bulandohahr,
in Northwest Punjaub. Some natives
who were hunting big game "surpris-
ed a stray wolf. which they followed
to little hillock. Out OF this hillock
rose rock, and on this rock, evidently
summing itself, sat dark, ,curious-looK-
Ing object. To the astonishment OF the
hunters this "object" turned out to
have a semblance to human being.
When they approached it jumped from
the rock, ran on all fours and entered
a cave along with the wolf. The hunt
ers smoked the cave; both the wolf
and its human like companion rushed
out. After short, sharp struggle, In
which several men were bitten, the
latter was captured. On Feb. A, 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 8 years old He was en-
tirely nude, but for the short, thick
hair which covered his body. His be-
havior was altogether that of brute
and it was long before he could be
induced to wear any clothing what
ever or in other ways conduct himself
like human being. He ate his food
from the ground, putting his hands on
it as 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 thus 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 grayish color and squint-
ing He has a small thin, wrinkled face
on which are one 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 cave with his unamiable COM
panions. His height, when he stands
erect, is 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 series of
jerks, while his arms are thrown about
in such manner as to convey the i'm
preston that they must materially as
sist 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 an attack from some unseen en-
emy. When viewed from behind as he
walks or when he stands in front of
you with his head inclined to one side,
rolling his large gray eyes, beating
upon his stomach to show that he is
hungry or initiating the smoking of
cigar, of which he is very fond, grin
ming and uttering inarticulate and un-
Ineligible sounds, he certainly pre-
sents strange appearance" Two
facts are noticeable about the "wolf
children" hitherto discovered seems
easily enough explained. One is that
they have all been males. 1t may, of
course, "just 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 it the better to Withstand the
terrible experiences incident to such
life, would be reasonable explana-
tion of why males only have survived
the ordeal. When one thinks how
weak and helpless thing the human
child is, even the strongest toddlers of
years old, it seems even miraculous
that even one such child could exist
for single day or even for few
hours in the unnatural environments
of 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 8 or 10 years old. This, no
doubt, is accounted for by the various
moving accidents of flood 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.