Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. See http://archive.org/details/poncedeleonriseo00pilluoft PONCE DE LEON NOTE.--This book was first published in 1878, and has long been out of print. The work has been recognized as the best and most accurate description yet written of the British Invasion, and the rise of the Argentine Republic. PONCE DE LEON The Rise of the Argentine Republic by AN ESTANCIERO BUENOS AIRES LONDON MITCHELL'S BOOK STORE T. WERNER LAURIE 530 CANGALLO 578 CLIFFORD'S INN 1910 Al Gran Pueblo Argentino ¡Salud! CONTENTS BOOK I THE BABYHOOD OF A GREAT NATION CHAP. PAGE Prologue 3 I. Father and Son 5 II. How Don Gregorio Lopez sought an Answer to the Question of the Day 11 III. Concerning the danger of Friendship with an Enemy 20 IV. Showing how a Patriot may also be a Traitor 29 V. Perdriel 36 VI. In which it appears that a lesson may be well taught and yet not learned 47 VII. The 12th August, 1806 53 BOOK II THE PROWESS OF A YOUNG GIANT Prologue 61 I. At the Quinta de Ponce 63 II. The Yeomanry of Buenos Aires 71 III. Arming the Slaves 78 IV. Standing alone 85 V. An Evening in the month of June 93 VI. The Landing of the English 100 VII. The Baptism of Fire 110 VIII. Los Corrales de La Miserere 117 IX. The Night of Sorrow 121 X. The Council of War 131 XI. The Pathways of Death 141 XII. The Afternoon of the 5th July 152 XIII. The Capitulation of the 6th July 158 Epilogue to Books I. and II.: The Monuments and the Rewards of Victory 162 Appendix: The Court Martial 163 BOOK III THE UNKNOWN FUTURE