Miscellanies Information Oneida County

"Morning Oregonian Newspaper"
(Portland, Oregon)
Dated 12 Nov. 1886, pg 4 column 3
Listed under  "Idaho"
Recently a farmer on the Malad, Idaho, named James Barnett left three of his children,

the eldest 12 yrs of age to guard a vegetable patch against rabbits,

when the children were attacked by coyotes and the two youngest killed.