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October 11 to November 27 Tuesday – Sam and Denis McCarthy, former part-owner of the
Territorial Enterprise, (who Sam now labeled “The Orphan,” quickly organized a lecture tour in
California and Nevada. (Lorch gives strong reasoning that the subsequent lecture tour was most likely
organized well before this Oct. 2 debut [35-6]). The lecture, titled “Sandwich Islands” made sixteen
engagements between these dates at locations where Sam was well known [Sanborn 298-9]. Dates in
Silver City, Dayton, and Washoe were canceled. Lorch writes that the cancellation was due to the
“fake robbery” which occurred the night of Nov. 10 [36, 41].
The pair first traveled to Sacramento by riverboat. Lorch writes that Sam chose boat over stagecoach
for two reasons: first, it was nostalgic, and second the boat had a bar [36]. Sam gave the lecture
“Sandwich Islands,” in the Metropolitan Theatre. The Daily Union reported the next day:
The lecturer entertained the audience for about an hour, discoursing in an easy, colloquial style…
seasoning a large dish of genuine information with spicy anecdotes, depicting the lights and shades of
Kanaka society….Mark goes hence to cultivate an acquaintance with the people of up-country towns
[Sanborn 298-9].

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.