Sentence 1: 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 .
Sentence 2: 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 .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?