CHAPTER I.

James S. Brown's Experience Previous to Being Sent as a Missionary to the Society Islands--Remarkable Predictions by Presidents Brigham Young and Willard Richards--Perilous Journey to California--Tragic Fate of Most of the Company--Arrival in San Francisco--Landing in Tahiti--Opposition from Priests and Ministers--Governor of French Protectorate Arrayed Against Him--Elders Scatter Out--Lewd Women Instigated by Ministers try to Entrap him--His First Convert--Recognized by a Native who had seen him in a Dream.