The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-13
TIE MAN WOLF Of INDIA
Legend of Romulus and Renus
Supported by His Capture.
THE ONLY ONE CAPTURED
He Knows Animal Language, But
Cannot Talk to Human Beings
Once, After Meeting Eaboon He
Was Able to Warn the Men OF
Approach of Tiger.


wolf.
There are wolf reared children in
India. Much valuable and trustworthy
evidence has been collected to estab'
lish the fact, so long denied as un-
worthy of credence, that human babies
have been carried OFF and nurtured by
wolves.
The jungle folks Of India live in
forest villages in lower Bengal. They
belong to the Dhavidians, Kronds,
Kashmeres, Parsis and Khasis tribes.
Many of the people Of the Dravid'an
tribes and castles acquire knowledge
of wild animals which is astounding.
No wonder that Kipling made Kowgli
talk with the elephant, the tiger and
the wolf.
The man wolf Of India is usually
supposed to have been dragged by a
she wolf from his home while a baby
and carried into the jungle. The
strange. wild foster mother moved by
pity, would nurture the helpless child.
When the child grew older it knew no
other home than the jungle. The boz
learned to find his own food. He
knew no language except thai CT the
jungle He learned to live with the
animals. He knew the ways Of the
tiger and the elephants, as well as
of the fox and of the serpent. AS he
grew to manhood he vas wild, naked
creature fearing man as an animal.
Officers of the IndiT1 geographical
survey have evidence of the discov,
cry and capture Of real man wolf
He was found in the jungle OF lower
Bengal and sent in to the military
post, at first wild and untamed, after
wards becoming docil1 but suspicious
This man wolf apparently wa:
twenty years old. He walked or ran
on the ball of the foo, with the heel
raised and the knee b"nt. His hands
were bent back at the wrist, showing
that he was accustolr ed to walking
and running about on h"nds and feet.
This man wolf--so f"I' as known the
only one ever capturc7-could see in
the dark. His ear could detect sounds
,unnuticed by white men. Often, while
sitting in a group arourd a campfire
the man wolf would raj it's head its
nostrils. dilating and shifting the air.
Then It would stealthily creep into the
Jungle. Officers and soldiers following
would always find tiger or buffalo
And yet up to the time the man wolf
had scented the intruder and heard
the rusting in the grass of its foot
steps its presence was unsuspected.
Again, the man wolf in walking
through the forests with the British
officers, seemed to be able to converse
with the monkeys that swung and
chartered by hundreds in the trees.
At one time a large baboon swung
from branch of huge tree, and. as
the man wolf turned, and, poin' 1g
toward the jungle, made the Eng b
officers understand that a tiger was
following close upon them, waiting Tor
an opportunity to attack. The Off
Gers sprang into the jungle and found
and shot a large striped beast. one OF
the largest they had ever seen. And
the only warning they had had OF its
presence was what the baboon had
told the man wolf.
When first captured the man wolf
would not eat food given him by the
English officers. When offered food
he would smell of it, run it over and
oyer in his hands, and reject it. The
English never knew how he got his
meals, for he sought them in the for.
est alone. In time, however, he learn,
ed to eat the white mans food, but
even then he would not eat at table.
Living in a corner of room given up
to him, his bedding of rags and str'w,
for he would have no other, he would
carry his food to this pile and hide it.
sometimes FOR days. Then he would
drag it gu! and eat it, rs dog o.
a wolf might.
OF course, this man "ol! couiu not
talk. He understood whatever was
said to him just as dog might under
stand it's master
He always slept in his straw bed,
carried up as nearly like a dog or
wolf as possible. His knees always
were drawn up to his chin and his
head bent as he slept. He wore
clothes when given them, but soon re-
duced them to rags.
Natives of the village told the Eng
lish officers that the parents of the
men wolf lost him when he was
baby and that he was carried off by a
wolf. They said he always lived in
the Jungle with the animals and that
he would come into the village occa
sionally. and then Only for a short
stay. The natives persisted in their
belief that the man wolf could talk
with all the animals.
But the ways of civilization proved
his death. He lost the vigor Of out
door life and soon fell victim to con
sumption, his case attracting wide at
iention in scientific circles in India
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