AN ESTANCIERO
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BUENOS AIRES MITCHELL'S BOOK STORE 530 CANGALLO 578 | LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE CLIFFORD'S INN
1910
Al Gran Pueblo Argentino ¡Salud!
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE BABYHOOD OF A GREAT NATION
CHAP.PAGE
Prologue3
I. Father and Son5
II. How Don Gregorio Lopez sought an Answer to the Question of the Day11
III. Concerning the danger of Friendship with an Enemy20
IV. Showing how a Patriot may also be a Traitor29
V. Perdriel36
VI. In which it appears that a lesson may be well taught and yet not learned47
VII. The 12th August, 180653
BOOK II
THE PROWESS OF A YOUNG GIANT
Prologue61
I. At the Quinta de Ponce63
II. The Yeomanry of Buenos Aires71
III. Arming the Slaves78
IV. Standing alone85
V. An Evening in the month of June93
VI. The Landing of the English100
VII. The Baptism of Fire110
VIII. Los Corrales de La Miserere117
IX. The Night of Sorrow121
X. The Council of War131
XI. The Pathways of Death141
XII. The Afternoon of the 5th July152
XIII. The Capitulation of the 6th July158
Epilogue to Books I. and II.: The Monuments and the Rewards of Victory162
Appendix: The Court Martial163
BOOK III
THE UNKNOWN FUTURE
Prologue167
I. At the Quinta de Don Alfonso169
II. The Episode of the fair Mauricia175
III. Watch and Wait187
IV. The raising of the Veil193
V. To our Friends the English!202
BOOK IV
THE DAWN OF FREEDOM
PART I.--THE BRIGHTENING OF THE EASTERN SKY
Prologue 213
I. Magdalen215
II. How Don Gregorio Lopez a second time sought an Answer to the Question of the Day223
III. Several ways of looking at one Question227
IV. How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a Question, and how Don Carlos Evaña prepared an Answer 234
V. How the Viceroy took Counsel with Don Roderigo 242
VI. The Eve of a great Event 249
VII. The 1st January, 1809258
VIII. Evaña's Dream 267
IX. The Day after 273
X. America for the Americans 279
BOOK V
THE DAWN OF FREEDOM
PART II.--THE MISTS OF THE EARLY MORN
Prologue287
I. The two Viceroys289
II. The Tertulia at the House of my lady Josefina 298
III. La Junta de los Comandantes 307
IV. How Don Carlos Evaña attacked the Wild-duck, and routed them with great slaughter313
V. How the Viceroy placed a sword in the hands of the enemies of Spain 323
VI. ¡Caducó la España! 331
BOOK VI
LIBERTY
Prologue347
I. How the last Tie was broken349
II. How Don Gregorio Lopez for the third time sought an Answer to the Question of the Day356
III. The Opening of the month of May360
IV. Dias de la Patria367
V. The 25th May, 1810375
VI. Lions in the Path383
VII. The first Fight in the War of Independence388
VIII. How General Liniers lost an important Ally397
IX. La Cabeza del Tigre401
X. Once more in the Porch together408
GENERAL EPILOGUE
I. The Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires419
II. The Year 1810 420
III. Paraguay 422
IV. The Banda Oriental 422
V. The Army of Upper Peru 424
VI. The Sovereign People 427
VII. The Congress of Tucuman 433
VIII. Independence434