Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 1888, ka wehe atu a Sarmiento i Argentina ki Paraguay. I haere tahi ia me tana tamahine, a Ana, me tana hoa a Aurelia Vélez. I mate ia i Asunción i te Mahuru 11, 1888, mai i te mate ngakau, ka tanumia ki Buenos Aires. Ko tana urupa i te La Recoleta Cemetery kei raro i tetahi whakairo, he condor i runga i tetahi pou, i hangaia e ia ano, i mahia e Victor de Pol. I tukuna e Pedro II, te Emepara o Brazil me te kaingakau nui o Sarmiento, ki tana huihuinga tangihanga he karauna putiputi matomato me te koura me tetahi korero i tuhia i te reo Paniora e maumahara ana ki nga mea nui o tona ao: "Te Ahurea me te Barbarism, Tonelero,
Monte Caseros, Petrópolis, Te Mātauranga ā-Iwi. He whakamaharatanga me te mihi mai i a Pedro de Alcântara. "