In 1877 he went to Connecticut , but soon returned to California and returned to the Republic of Salvador as a state geologist in the fall of 1879 . In 1877 he went to Connecticut but soon went back again to California and in the fall of 1879 returned to the Republic of Salvador as State Geologist . In 1877 he returned to Connecticut but soon went back again to California , and in the fall of 1879 went to the Republic of Salvador as State Geologist .