[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.