^{page 6 note 1} Mitre, Vida del General Belgrano.

^{page 6 note 2} Mitre.

^{page 6 note 1} Recopilacion de Leyes de las Indias, Lib. VII, Tit. XIV.

^{page 6 note 3} Mitre.

^{page 6 note 1} La Vuelta de Martin Fierro.

^{page 6 note 1} Hernandez, Marlin Fierro.

^{page 6 note 1} gaucho = native.

^{page 6 note 2} County in the Province of Buenos Ayres.

^{page 6 note 3} wild-horse.

^{page 6 note 4} pull him up.

^{page 6 note 5} native.

^{page 6 note 6} wild-horse.

^{page 6 note 7} gentle.

^{page 6 note 8} gaucho-saddle.

^{page 6 note 9} “bit-champer.”

^{page 6 note 10} part of native bit.

^{page 6 note 11} breast-plate.

^{page 6 note 12} rings.

^{page 6 note 13} head-stall.

^{page 6 note 14} mine of wealth.

^{page 6 note 15} Boleadoras; three wooden or stone balls covered with raw-hide and connected by twisted thongs 1f12 yards long. Used for catching wild horses; thrown from a distance, they twist around the animal's hind legs and hobble them.

^{page 6 note 1} boulder.

^{page 6 note 2} prick up his ears.

^{page 6 note 3} horse-gear.

^{page 6 note 4} light-bay horse.

^{page 6 note 5} cock.

^{page 6 note 6} spurs.

^{page 6 note 1} to give.

^{page 6 note 2} exclamation = ve lo alii, contracted.

^{page 6 note 3} cloth, sheep or goat-skin, forming part of recado.

^{page 6 note 4} hobble.

^{page 6 note 5} “plug” of tobacco.

^{page 6 note 6} dry.

^{page 6 note 7} race-horse.

^{page 6 note 8} commissary.

^{page 6 note 9} illness (attack).

^{page 6 note 1} slang, “whopper.”

^{page 6 note 2} partner in love-affair = “pard.”

^{page 6 note 3} find the weak spot.

^{page 6 note 4} “devil take the chicken.”

^{page 6 note 5} coil of the lasso.

^{page 6 note 6} lasso-ring.

^{page 6 note 1} shy.

^{page 6 note 2} so pinched for money.

^{page 6 note 3} “at my uncle's.”

^{page 6 note 4} Exclamation.—Contraction of: Ah! hijo de una gran p—! expresses surprise, admiration, anger, etc., according to the intonation.

^{page 6 note 5} raw-hide straps on cantle of the saddle.

^{page 6 note 6} silver-mounted horse-gear.

^{page 6 note 7} “a scratcher.”

^{page 6 note 8} plated-ware.

^{page 6 note 9} in this sense, “humbug.”

^{page 6 note 10} “cock-sure.”

^{page 6 note 1} “husked my corn “= stripped me.

^{page 6 note 2} devil.

^{page 6 note 1} lariat, used for “staking out a horse”= tethering him.

^{page 6 note 2} “on the crupper of that “= after that.

^{page 6 note 3} fasten two horses together by the neck or halter and let them graze.

^{page 6 note 4} “give a kiss”= a drink.

^{page 6 note 5} “one swig.”

^{page 6 note 6} gurgles.

^{page 6 note 1} old opera-house in Buenos Ayres.

^{page 6 note 2} horned-cattle.

^{page 6 note 3} counter in a shop.

^{page 6 note 4} fuerza.

^{page 6 note 5} ticket.

^{page 6 note 6} crowd.

^{page 6 note 7} dado.

^{page 6 note 8} have a fit.

^{page 6 note 9} pushing.

^{page 6 note 10} “old plug.”

^{page 6 note 11} tottering = done-up.

^{page 6 note 12} chopped tobacco.

^{page 6 note 13} Fringe of the embroidered drawers worn by the gauchos under the chiripá, the cloth which with them takes the place of trousers.

^{page 6 note 1} slipped.

^{page 6 note 2} entré.

^{page 6 note 3} gauchos.

^{page 6 note 4} “bust out.”

^{page 6 note 1} “of the other side”= Banda Oriental.

^{page 6 note 2} augmentatives.

^{page 6 note 3} dark-bay horse.

^{page 6 note 4} in sense of colour.

^{page 6 note 5} in sense of “smart,”—quick.

^{page 6 note 6} “gargles “= gulps.

^{page 6 note 7} ciencia.

^{page 6 note 8} uselessly.

^{page 6 note 9} tena cattle while grazing—that is, when they are formed into “troops”0 for slaughter at the saladeros.

^{page 6 note 1} sweet, pretty.

^{page 6 note 2} hobble.

^{page 6 note 3} in sense of, “But, pshaw! “

^{page 6 note 4} in sense of “swearing.”

^{page 6 note 5} any kind of inflammable mixture.

^{page 6 note 6} deyil.

^{page 6 note 7} big.

^{page 6 note 8} goat.

^{page 6 note 9} withers.

^{page 6 note 1} foolish.

^{page 6 note 2} se fuese.

^{page 6 note 3} seguramente.

^{page 6 note 4} devil.

^{page 6 note 1} the Jay Gould of Buenos Ayres.

^{page 6 note 2} common term for governing power of any kind in the state.

^{page 6 note 3} ugly.

^{page 6 note 4} one of the many substitutes for an oath.

^{page 6 note 1} new-corn.

^{page 6 note 2} the Virgin.

^{page 6 note 3} compact (duck).

^{page 6 note 1} lawyers bear the title of doctor.

^{page 6 note 2} asi.

^{page 6 note 3} horse's hoof grown too long=” a stumbler.”

^{page 6 note 4} al ir.

^{page 6 note 5} long coat.

^{page 6 note 6} went off in smoke.

^{page 6 note 1} se fuese.

^{page 6 note 2} literally, “the gargler = throat.”

^{page 6 note 3} “I should say so.”

^{page 6 note 4} fine horse.

^{page 6 note 5} scarcely.

^{page 6 note 1} floating island.

^{page 6 note 2} lead by the halter.

^{page 6 note 3} angered.

^{page 6 note 4} angered.

^{page 6 note 1} perorate, literally, “play with the knuckle-bone “= a popular gambling pastime.

^{page 6 note 2} tavern.

^{page 6 note 3} “a crowd gathered.”

^{page 6 note 4} to get drunk.

^{page 6 note 5} augmentative of “guapo=” brave.

^{page 6 note 6} allusion to the Paraguayan war, then (1866) in progress. ⁷ “trying to become his brother-in-law.”

^{page 6 note 1} “half a fool or drunk.”

^{page 6 note 2} entrando.

^{page 6 note 3} absinthe.

^{page 6 note 4} fusil.

^{page 6 note 5} a light, made with grease and a big wick.

^{page 6 note 1} pour down.

^{page 6 note 2} guzzle.

^{page 6 note 3} “put out.”

^{page 6 note 4} draw his sword.

^{page 6 note 5} a rusty blade.

^{page 6 note 6} flint and steel.

^{page 6 note 1} hilt.

^{page 6 note 2} = whoop !

^{page 6 note 3} “pull their caps tighter “= take to their heels.

^{page 6 note 4} call the police.

^{page 6 note 5} “a heaven,” a native dance with song.

^{page 6 note 1} deretirse = melt himself.

^{page 6 note 2} leader of the dance.

^{page 6 note 3} make.

^{page 6 note 4} give it another cut with the whip.

^{page 6 note 1} get up to it.

^{page 6 note 2} literally, “close to my flesh.”

^{page 6 note 3} a piece of sausage.

^{page 6 note 4} A maté—sort of tea made with “zerba” and sucked from a gourd through a metal tube.

^{page 6 note 5} immediately.

^{page 6 note 6} cut.

^{page 6 note 1} exclamation of admiration or surprise.

^{page 6 note 2} sheep-pen.

^{page 6 note 3} well-known rich man.

^{page 6 note 1} literally, “balks in her love.”

^{page 6 note 2} common saying, “If I ever saw you before, I don't remember.”

^{page 6 note 3} “warming your tea for nothing.”

^{page 6 note 4} useless.

^{page 6 note 1} hill.

^{page 6 note 2} open air.

^{page 6 note 3} troublesome burr which gets into the wool of a sheep.

^{page 6 note 1} in a scurry.

^{page 6 note 2} bueno.

^{page 6 note 3} stopped.

^{page 6 note 4} huerta.

^{page 6 note 5} on his trail.

^{page 6 note 1} cleared out.

^{page 6 note 2} polite substitute for something “painful, frequent and free.”

^{page 6 note 3} heifer.

^{page 6 note 4} a fool.

^{page 6 note 5} a sort of armadillo = fool.

^{page 6 note 1} ear-rings.

^{page 6 note 1} deadonde.

^{page 6 note 2} common salutation on approaching a house on the plains.

^{page 6 note 3} the answer to Ave Maria ! or else, Bajese = dismount!

^{page 6 note 4} literally, “hooking-on.”

^{page 6 note 1} sharp.

^{page 6 note 2} segun.

^{page 6 note 3} allusion to an animal when lassoed, getting tired of bucking and running.

^{page 6 note 4} take hold.

^{page 6 note 5} corn-field.

^{page 6 note 1} allusion to a horse's shedding his winter coat in spring.

^{page 6 note 1} dark horse.

^{page 6 note 2} a “blueish-white “horse.

^{page 6 note 3} ahora.

^{page 6 note 4} para.

^{page 6 note 5} catch hold.

^{page 6 note 6} gee-whiz!

^{page 6 note 1} knife.

^{page 6 note 2} country-police.

^{page 6 note 3} lit., “drinking the winds.”

^{page 6 note 4} nadie.

^{page 6 note 5} means here, to kill a man.

^{page 6 note 1} adonde.

^{page 6 note 2} lit., “cut off her plait” = don't keep a promise.

^{page 6 note 3} take to your heels.

^{page 6 note 4} the plait.

^{page 6 note 5} wet.

^{page 6 note 1} hard-hearted gaucho.

^{page 6 note 2} cry.

^{page 6 note 3} big tear.

^{page 6 note 4} wrapped herself up.

^{page 6 note 5} áfuera.

^{page 6 note 6} disaster.

^{page 6 note 7} policeman's whistle.

^{page 6 note 1} elevation of the Host.

^{page 6 note 2} the weeping Magdalen.

^{page 6 note 1} holy-water font.

^{page 6 note 2} a fit.

^{page 6 note 3} “ very much arm in arm.”

^{page 6 note 4} “out and out native.”

^{page 6 note 5} There is a great variety of ponchos: the common “Brummagem” striped article, the costly vicuña, and the heavy blue-cloth; the gaucho's umbrella and blanket.

^{page 6 note 1} evening Angelus.

^{page 6 note 2} huddle.

^{page 6 note 3} dew.

^{page 6 note 1} the E string.

^{page 6 note 2} like a master.

^{page 6 note 3} special service.

^{page 6 note 4} “there was a row.”

^{page 6 note 5} guitar.

^{page 6 note 1} “good boy !”

^{page 6 note 2} a sabre.

^{page 6 note 3} fuss.

^{page 6 note 4} “cut and run.”

^{page 6 note 1} “who would have thought it!”

^{page 6 note 2} a cut.

^{page 6 note 3} fall in love.

^{page 6 note 1} hovers.

^{page 6 note 2} “clear-headed “=” a reacher.”

^{page 6 note 3} prison.

^{page 6 note 1} let, “forming the square.”

^{page 6 note 2} In Argentina, death-penalty is by shooting, although the old style of execution, throat-cutting, still obtains in the provinces.

^{page 6 note 3} let, “the rocket fizzled.”

^{page 6 note 1} love-ditty.

^{page 6 note 2} Play on the word “caja,” box, and also “drum,” i. e., the roll of the drum announcing the execution.

^{page 6 note 3} de repente.

^{page 6 note 4} devil.

^{page 6 note 1} kind of armadillo.

^{page 6 note 2} “with my head in a whirl.”

^{page 6 note 1} little hole.

^{page 6 note 2} “strike a trot.”

^{page 6 note 3} a roll of paper money.