Young went from Beaver
to Parowan. He passed me near the Buck Horn Springs. I have no
doubt but that he thought I was there to assassinate him, for he
had four of his best fighting Danites with him as a guard. They
were armed with Henry rifles, and as they came up to me the
Danites rode between me and their beloved Prophet's carriage; but
they had no reason for alarm. Brigham Young was not the man that
I was after at that time. I met Winn and Fish at Red Creek. As
they were coming out of Little Creek Canyon Winn remarked:

"Your man is there!"

As the men had found that Lee had made everything ready for a
start, we rode on to Parowan, where I arranged my plan of action.
Fish was to go back over the mountains to Panguitch that night,
with instructions to come out and meet us, in case Lee should
start away from Panguitch. I was to start back toward Beaver City
until I had passed Red Creek settlement, and then go up Little
Creek Canyon. The others, Thomas Winn, Thomas LaFever, Samuel G.
Rodgers and David Evans, were to go into the mountains in
different places, and all to meet near Thompson's Mill on Little
Creek. We followed this plan, and met at the mill. We then went
over the mountains towards Panguitch.

The snow on the way would average fully two feet in depth, and
the night was very cold. We stopped at a place about three miles
from Panguitch for the night. I sent David Evans into Panguitch
to see Fish, and find out if all was right. Long before daylight
we saddled our horses and started on, for the night was bitter
cold. We had no blankets with us, and dared not build a fire, for
fear it would alarm Lee and notify him that we were there. We
reached the place where Evans was to meet us sometime before
daylight; he was not there. We waited until after the sun was up,
but still Evans did not come. Then thinking that my plans had
been found out in some way, and that my two men, Fish and Evans,
were captured, and more than likely Blood Atoned, I concluded to
act quickly and effectually.

We mounted our horses and dashed into the town at full speed. We
found Evans, and learned that Fish had not been able to locate
Lee, but knew that he was in town. I then ordered my men to go to
different parts of the town, and keep a good lookout, and not to
let any wagon go out of town until they had searched the wagon. I
inquired of the citizens about Lee, but could learn nothing from
them about him. Some said they never knew h