said he, "the women folks have been making so much fuss
that I have thought of nothing."

Lee then ordered breakfast for us all. His sons gathered around
him and told him that if he did not want to go to Beaver, to say
so, and they would see that he didn't go. Lee then took me one
side and told me what his friends proposed, and wanted to know
what answer he should give them. I thought he did this to see if
there was any chance to frighten me. I told him to tell the boys
to turn themselves loose; that I knew I had no friends in that
place, except those who came with me, but we were well armed, and
when trouble commenced we would shoot those nearest to us, and
make sure of them, and then keep it lively while we lasted. Lee
said he did not want anything of that kind to happen, and would
see that the boys behaved themselves.

We started from Panguitch soon after breakfast. We put two of our
animals in the team, making a four-horse team. Darrow drove. Lee
and Rachel, one of his wives, and two of my men rode in the
wagon. It was about 11 a. m., on Monday, the 7th day of November,
1874, when we left Panguitch with Lee as a prisoner. We reached
Fremont Springs that night at 11 o'clock, and camped there until
daylight. The roads were so bad that we had been twelve hours in
making thirty miles. The night was dark and cold, and having no
blankets with us we could not sleep.

We left Fremont Springs at daylight, and reached Beaver about 10
o'clock, a. m., November 10th, 1874. We had been twenty-four
hours without food. Lee and Rachel had fared better, for they had
a lunch with them. When we reached Beaver the people were
thunderstruck to know that Lee had been arrested. After the
arrest Lee was in my custody the greater portion of the time that
he was in prison. He never gave any trouble to me or his guards.
He never tried to escape, but at all times assisted the guards to
carry out the instructions received from the officers.

I remain your most obedient servant,

William Stokes.

APPENDIX III - DEATH OF JOHN DOYLE LEE

John Doyle Lee was executed on Mountain Meadows, Washington
County, Utah Territory, at the scene of the massacre, on the 23d
day of March, 1877. On Wednesday preceding the day fixed upon for
the execution the guard having Lee in charge started from Beaver
City, where Lee had been imprisoned, for Mountain Meadows, where
it had been decided to carry the sentence into execution. The
authorities had rec