[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.}