[645] Véase el discurso pronunciado por el Ministro argentino en los Estados Unidos, don Domingo F. Sarmiento, en la fiesta oficial de la Sociedad Histórica de Rhode Island, en presencia del Gobernador del Estado. [646] =el memorable mensaje=, _i.e._, the Monroe Doctrine. [647] =la anarquía y las convulsiones=. Reference to period of civil strife in Argentina from 1818 to 1851. V. Introduction. [648] The period from 1880 to 1890 was one of great financial stress in Argentina. The country became bankrupt during the administration of Juárez Celman (1886-1890). Confidence in Argentina was restored during the administration of Uriburu (1894-1898) by the nation's decision to acknowledge the external indebtedness of the individual provinces. [649] =entregando a su fallo=. Reference to boundary dispute with Chile regarding southern Patagonia and the region of Atacama in the northwest. The British crown settled the dispute during the summer of 1902. [650] =del excelentísimo señor presidente de la República=. Julio Roca, who had been president from 1880 to 1886, was president at this time. [651] =transmita=. The subject of this verb is =el señor ministro= in line 21. [652] =a fin de que se sirva tenerla=, _so that it_ (=el gobierno de los Estados Unidos=) _may be pleased to consider it_ (=nuestra manera de considerar los sucesos=). [653] =Quiera el señor ministro aceptar=, _May it please the minister to accept_. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: de la civilización europa=> de la civilización europea {pg 51} que atrevesó=> que atravesó {pg 115} cañon=> cañón {pg 155} invasora y absorvente=> invasora y absorbente {pg 172} así tambien=> así también {pg 206} que acuadillaba=> que acaudillaba {pg 208} =madrasta=, stepmother=> =madrastra=, stepmother {voc.} =resfuerzo=, reënforcement=> =refuerzo=, reënforcement {voc.} once and a half rifle distance=> one and a half rifle distance {voc.} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Argentina, Legend and History, by b