[112] =Cuando se aproxima=. The subject is =el enemigo=. [113] =observa los polvos=, _observes the clouds of dust_. [114] =el jefe obra bajo este dato=, _the chief makes his plans in accordance with this information_. [115] =las aciertan=, _succeed in them_. [116] =Creeráse=. The object pronoun is placed after the verb for stylistic effect. The student should avoid this use. [117] =El general Rivera=. José Fructuoso Rivera (1790-1854), famous gaucho leader of the revolutionary movement in Uruguay. He was twice elected to the presidency of his country. Defeated in 1845 by Urquiza, he fled to Brazil. [118] =Banda Oriental=. V. 5, 1. [119] =Oribe= (Manuel), one of the famous "Thirty-three" liberators of Uruguay. V. Introduction. [120] =Lavalleja= (Juan Antonio), leader of the liberating expedition of the "Thirty-three". [121] =con toda su ciencia=. The possessive adjective =su= refers to =Ojo de Halcón= and =el Trampero=, which are different names for the hero in Cooper's _Leatherstocking Tales_. [122] =La justicia=, _i.e._, its emissaries, the police. [123] =enlaza una vaca=.... This is hardly so to-day, save perhaps occasionally in the depths of the pampas. But in the days of Sarmiento it was far from being an uncommon event. Cf. 9, 22. [124] =se provee _de los vicios_=. He supplies himself with tobacco and _mate_. In the simple life of the gaucho, tobacco and _mate_ are luxuries, vices (!). [125] =entra en baile con su pareja, confúndese en las mudanzas del _cielito_=, _joins in the dance with his partner, mingles with the others in the steps of the =cielito=_. [126] =su morada sin limites=, _i.e._, =los cardales=, the thistle fields of the pampa. [127] =en la provincia=, _i.e._, in whichever province the =gaucho malo= may be living, or better, roving. [128] =Si no se le pide=, _If he is not asked_. [129] =a menos que él lo solicite=. =Él= refers to =alguno=; =lo=, to =acercársele=; trans., _unless the traveler wishes the gaucho to approach him_. [130] =valiente Rauch=, popular hero and gaucho leader; comparable to Custer in American history. [131] =catástrofe de Facundo=. Reference to the assassination of this rival of Rosas. He was murdered by the outlaw gaucho Santos Pérez at the instigation of Rosas. His death was a favorite theme of the =cantores=. [132] =el infeliz=, a term of mild contempt, _the poor fellow_. [133] =de lo que tiene sobre su cabeza=, _i.e._, the cultured city element. [134] =de lo que tiene a los pies=, _i.e._, the semicivilized gaucho element of the country. [135] =Dondequiera que=, _Wherever_.