CHAPTER I.

Anson Call's Birth and Character--Investigated "Mormonism" to Disprove it, and Became Converted--Impediment in His Speech Cured When Administered to--An Anti-"Mormon" Missourian--Buy Farms in Caldwell County--The Prophet Visits Missouri--Advises Abandonment of Homes--Mob Tries to Prevent their Removal--Flee by Night--Adam-Ondi-Ahman and Far West Besieged.