In 1875 Adolfo Alsina, Minister of War under President Nicolás Avellaneda, presented the government with a plan which he later described as having the goal "to populate the desert, and not to destroy the Indians."
在1875年，尼古拉斯·阿韦利亚内达总统的战争部长阿道福·阿尔西纳给政府呈递了一个计划并且他之后描述其目的是“移民到沙漠，并且不消灭印第安人”。