the venturesome spirit of Capt. Dodson led him to press forward with
the first, and he was a "forty-niner," that pride of the old
Californians. In that surging crowd of wild adventurers from the ends
of the earth, the Captain was, as he has been among the early pioneers
of Illinois, a directing and controlling spirit. Though he failed in
his judicial aspirations for Alcalde, and Judge Field succeeded, yet
his continued exertions and marked influence caused him to leave a
name richly associated with all the early history of Marysville and
vicinity.

When the war broke out, Mr. Dodson was among the very first to proffer
his services, and he raised the first company of cavalry which went to
the front from Kane County.

The Captain is not an old man yet in health and vigor, although an
"old settler" in varied and numerous experiences. His name is marked
in unmistakable characters on every prominent event of the early
settlement of Northern Illinois, and blended and associated with all
the pioneer way-marks of California. A friend and companion of all the
great Illinoians of the generation which is now passing into old age,
he has not yet ceased to be a spirit actively mingling in all the
affairs of the present times. But we only started to tell of his
contest with Field, not to write an eulogium on the Captain, for here
where he is known it is better pronounced in his record, which lies in
the memories of his friends.

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EXHIBIT C.

_Oath of Office as Alcalde._

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, }
SACRAMENTO DISTRICT. } _ss._

SACRAMENTO CITY, _January 22d, 1850_.

Personally appeared before me Stephen J. Field, First Alcalde
of Yubaville, in the District of Sacramento, and made oath
that he would discharge the duties of the office of First
Alcalde as aforesaid with faithfulness and fidelity to the
best of his ability, and that he would support the
Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the
State of California.

R.A. WILSON,
_Judge of 1st Instance, Sacramento District._

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EXHIBIT D.

The following are the orders of the District Court mentioned in the
Narrative.

_Order imprisoning and fining Mr. Field for alleged contempt of
court._

DISTRICT COURT, }
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, }
COUNTY OF YUBA. }

At a term of said District Court he