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escape into Sonora. The head of Joaquin and the 

 hand of "Three-fingered Jack" were for a long time 

 preserved in alcohol and exhibited to wondering 

 crowds. 



Being desirous of visiting Oregon before leaving the 

 Pacific Coast we took passage by stage, at Marysville, 

 for Shasta, in the northern mines, from whence we in- 

 tended to use pack animals in crossing the Scott and 

 Rogue river mountains to the head waters of the Wil- 

 lamette river, thence to Portland, returning to San 

 Francisco by water. Our route from Marysville lay 

 by way of Chico, Oroville and Red Blufif. At the for- 

 mer place we stopped for dinner at the home of the 

 late General John A. Bidwell. His house was mainly 

 an adobe structure, like most California houses at that 

 time, and adjacent to his Indian Rancheria, which con- 

 stituted an important part of Chico. He had acquired 

 a large grant of land from Mexico, which was the 

 foundation of his great wealth in after years. The 

 Indians upon the grant he employed and treated them 

 with much kindness. General Bidwell was a true 

 American and aided materially in forming the State 

 government, and afterwards represented his district in 

 Congress, and was for a number of years a standing 

 candidate for Governor on the Prohibition ticket. 



While at Oroville I met Mrs. Farnham, former ma- 

 tron of the New York Sing Sing Prison, who was 

 delivering a series of lectures in California entitled "St. 

 James and St. Giles," advocating a great equality be- 

 tween the rich and the poor. By her invitation I in- 

 troduced her to her audience, composed largely of 

 miners, a few ladies and business men. (I was myself 

 giving lectures upon phrenology, and was the only cor- 



