Miraculous Preservation and Return of James Vaughan's Infant Child

An infant child of the wife of James Vaughan disappeared from its bed while she was in another room. Despite a search by neighbors that continued through the following night, the child could not be found. The next morning, the child was discovered by a man several miles away in a canyon. Evidence indicated the child had been carried and dragged there by a bear. Its clothing was shredded, but the child was unharmed save for a few scratches, surviving despite a heavy frost during the night.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 45, No. 39 (24 September 1883), p. 623):

An infant child of the wife of James Vaughan, of Gentile Valley, was taken from its bed while the mother was in another room. The neighbors turned out and searched all night, but could not find the child. The next morning it was found by a man several miles away in a canyon. The tracks of a large bear were seen, and the child's clothes were torn, but it was unhurt, save for a few scratches, although there was a heavy frost during the night.