Most of the stories of
wolf-children come from India. According to Oswald in Ball's
"Jungle Life in India," there is the following curious account of
two children in the Orphanage of Sekandra, near Agra, who had
been discovered among wolves: "A trooper sent by a native
Governor of Chandaur to demand payment of some revenue was
passing along the bank of the river about noon when he saw a
large female wolf leave her den, followed by three whelps and a
little boy. The boy went on all-fours, and when the trooper tried
to catch him he ran as fast as the whelps, and kept up with the
old one. They all entered the den, but were dug out by the people
and the boy was secured. He struggled hard to rush into every
hole or gully they came near. When he saw a grown-up person he
became alarmed, but tried to fly at children and bite them. He
rejected cooked meat with disgust, but delighted in raw flesh and
bones, putting them under his paws like a dog." The other case
occurred at Chupra, in the Presidency of Bengal. In March, 1843,
a Hindoo mother went out to help her husband in the field, and
while she was cutting rice her little boy was carried off by a
wolf. About a year afterward a wolf, followed by several cubs and
a strange, ape-like creature, was seen about ten miles from
Chupra.
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