#Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc

[fierce-little-miana]

Listening to a podcast about Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanc, one of the few attested feral children found in France. Marie-Angélique had quite an exceptional life since she came to France from northern America (she was Native American), survived the plague epidemic that welcomed her in Marseille and lived for 10 years in the wild with another little girl (traveling around 750km by foot from Marseille to Songy) until she was discovered/captured. Then, she learned to speak French perfectly being one of the few attested feral children to be able to gain full mastery of a language after years of not using one. She also learned to read and write.

Her life story from start to finish is one of the better documented histories of feral children in the world.

Marie-Angélique died alone at 63 in her own house in Paris under the tutelage of no one (she was receiving a pension from the Queen of France). While she had been an object of curiosity, she was never displayed as a freak attraction and lived her later life in a relatively privileged way for Ancien Régime France. The one thing she apparently wanted to do but could not was becoming a nun since no congregation accepted that she joined them (the feral - as in way too close to savage - being the issue here). Beside this, Marie-Angélique’s social integration was a major success.

Still one of the guest on the podcast, a man, described her as dying like « upperclass old maid » (« une vielle-fille bourgeoise ») in Paris. When another speaker, a woman, said that there are worse fates than being an « upperclass old maid » the guest insisted in a way that really hammered that he thinks it was a bad fate for her. He said something along the lines of « she could have kept living in the forest » (probably forgetting that Marie-Angélique only companion had died very recently by the time she was discovered because Marie-Angélique had, from her own admission, most likely killed her).

The woman answered that she would have died if she had stayed in the forest and the man kept going by saying that « but she lived there for 10 years » and the woman had to remind him that Marie-Angélique was 60 by the time she died and « climbing trees and jumping into rivers to fish with your hands is not the same thing at 19 than at 60 ». Still the man grumbled.

While there is something to be said about the fact that Marie-Angélique was strictly reeducated in a very gendered very French way which did not take into account her skills and own culture, I think the guest’s disdain for her fate (quite positive) that had her lived a long and confortable life after living in the woods for ten years is extremely troubling. And borderline misogynistic.

There is no proof that Marie-Angélique’s later life was particularly sad, another guest even commented that she likely held salon at her Parisian house. To say that her ultimate fate is tragic because she was just an « upper class old maid » rather than « an exceptional wild child » (and not because she might have been murdered by a man who owned her money btw) is simply insulting. Yes she found a place in society and was capable to adapt, yes she was unmarried but still well-off. All of these are successes, not tragic outcome. That woman lived. Die mad about it.

[throwupgirl]

i dont give a fuck abt that stupid french surgeons "research" and his conclusion that marie-angélique memmie le blanc is the only confirmed case of a "savage feral child" in history. like dont you think its suspect that the only feral child case he decided wasnt a hoax was the native american girl who somehow wound up in france?

[never-a-president]

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc was never president of the United States.

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Peu s’en souviennent, certains l’ignorent (9)

Peu se souviennent de Marie-Angélique, enfant sauvage. Elle ne s'appelle pas encore Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanc lorsqu'elle fait ses premiers pas en Nouvelle France (colonie française correspondant à l'actuel État du Wisconsin aux États-Unis). Née en 1712, elle appartient à la tribu amérindienne des Renards. Dans un contexte de guerre, elle est offerte, en 1718, comme butin à une française du Canada, Mme Courtemanche. Deux ans plus tard, elles embarquent pour la France et arrivent à Marseille en octobre 1720, en pleine épidémie de peste. C'est là que Marie-Angélique est séparée de Mme Courtemanche. Victime de maltraitances et d'un viol, elle s'enfuit avec une petite esclave noire. Durant 10 ans, elles vivent dans la forêt. En 1731, elle est aperçue dans la Marne, à Songy,  par un chasseur qui abat sa compagne. Marie-Angélique est capturée. Elle est recueillie par un seigneur local puis placée à l'hôpital municipal de Saint-Maur.

En juin 1732, elle est baptisée, elle reçoit les prénoms de Marie-Angélique Memmie et le patronyme de le Blanc. Devenue pensionnaire dans différents couvents de Champagne et à Paris, elle reçoit une éducation de jeune fille de l'époque. Pendant dix ans, elle a vécu comme un animal sauvage dans des arbres et des terriers, s'exprimant par des cris, chassant, pêchant pour survivre, mais, avec une incroyable facilité, elle retrouve la parole, apprend à lire, à écrire, à compter... Le duc Louis d'Orléans, cousin de Louis XIV, lui assure sa protection dès 1744. Il lui accorde une pension de 600 livres par an. Elle devient une femme aisée qui fréquente la cour et la reine. Le 15 décembre 1775, l'enfant sauvage devenue femme du monde est retrouvée morte à son domicile, vraisemblablement victime d'un empoissonnement.

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Instead Of Dying From Neglect, These Children Were Saved And Raised By Wild Animals

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Instead Of Dying From Neglect, These Children Were Saved And Raised By Wild Animals

You’ve probably heard the expression that someone was so wild, it’s like they were “raised by animals” before, but have you ever considered the fact that this has actually happened to people throughout history?

When these children were faced with situations of neglect, abandonment, or abduction, they had to learn to fend for themselves in the wilderness. Fortunately, a few animals were there to help.

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1. Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, the Wild Girl of Champagne

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In the 1700s, Le Blanc was found holding a club as she wandered into the village of Songi, France. When the villagers caught her and tried to feed her, they were shocked to witness her eating the raw, dead bodies of animals that were meant to be cooked. She eventually learned to speak French and was able to read and write as an adult. Her life in the wild living among wild animals became the subject of a biography by French writer Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet.

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2. Rochom P’ngieng, the Cambodian Jungle Girl

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Rochom P’ngieng was found coming out of a jungle in 2007 in Cambodia, and is believed to have disappeared from her family home 19 years before that. She only knew a few words and crawled instead of walking, likely because she took cues from the animals all around her. She never fully adjusted to society and made multiple attempts to run back into the jungle.

3. Oxana Malaya

YouTube / Bored Child

When she was three years old, Malaya was abandoned outside of her home by her alcoholic parents. She was cold, so she crawled into a nearby kennel where dogs took her in and began raising her. She lived with them for five years before a concerned neighbor called the police. She couldn’t speak. The girl barked and walked on all fours. She has since learned to behave like a human.

4. Marina Chapman

YouTube / bodhispeak

Chapman was kidnapped from her Colombian village and abandoned, surviving by living with capuchin monkeys. She couldn’t speak, and was later found by hunters who then sold her to a brothel. She was eventually rescued and adopted at the age of 14. As an adult, she wrote an autobiography about her experience called “The Girl With No Name.”

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5. Peter the Wild Boy

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In 1725, Peter was found walking on all fours in the Hertswold Forest near Hamelin, Germany. He couldn’t speak at all and was only able to learn a couple of words in his lifetime. He was moved from place to place until he was taken to a farm to live out the rest of his years. He died at 72.

6. John Ssebunya

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In 1988, after witnessing his father murdering his mother, Ssebunya ran into the jungle in Uganda, where a group of vervet monkeys took him in and brought him food. After he was found in 1991 at five years old, he was adopted and learned how to behave like a human. He is now fully adjusted to society.

7. Ivan Mishukov

YouTube / Канал Украина

When he was four, Mishukov ran away from his mother and her abusive boyfriend and survived on the streets of Russia by scavenging food. When he gave some of his food to a group of dogs, they accepted him as a member of their pack. He lived with them for two years before police found him, and he later learned how to speak.

8. Dina Sanichar

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In the 1800s, hunters discovered Sanichar living with wolves inside of a cave in India. The six-year-old refused to eat cooked meals, preferring raw meat instead. He was never able to adjust to human society and he died in 1895.

9. Leopard Boy

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Leopard Boy was said to have been stolen as a baby and raised by a leopard alongside her cubs. He was found three years later by a man who took him in and cared for him. He walked on all fours and was watched closely by his caretaker, who worried that he would run back into the jungle.

(via All Day)

Pretty jaw-dropping, right? I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for these people. I’m glad that at least a few of them got to lead normal lives after everything they went through.

Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/feral-children/

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15 Insanely Genuine Stories Of Feral Children In History That Will Shock You

Feral children are human children who have lived away from human contact from a very young age and have little or no experience of human society. Most people think that feral children live only in myths. But there are hundreds of cases about these feral children. So we compiled 15 most shocking cases of feral children in history.   1.Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc   Marie spends 10 years in the…