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Characters in this exact text
Bill GarrisonBill Garrison — Yeller Dog man in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 36Breck ElkinsBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 35Bull HawkinsBull Hawkins — Gooseneck Wilkerson’s rival candidate in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 35Cap'n KiddCap’n Kidd — Breckinridge Elkins's horseOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 39Forty-Rod HarriganForty-Rod Harrigan — former Yeller Dog gambling operator in Pistol Politics; not automatically Tom HarriganUnknownfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 35Gooseneck WilkersonGooseneck Wilkerson — Yeller Dog mayoral candidate in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 35Jack ClantonJack Clanton — Hawkins man in Pistol Politics; not automatically a Sawtooth ClantonOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 45Jack McDonaldJack McDonald — Hawkins man in Drafts 3–6; not automatically Draft 2’s Jim McDonaldOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 44Jerry BrennonJerry Brennon — Yeller Dog man in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 36Jim LearyJim Leary — Hawkins man in Drafts 3, 5 and 6On Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 44Lobo HarrisonLobo Harrison — Yeller Dog participant in Pistol Politics; not automatically Rattlesnake HarrisonOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 37Mule McGrathMule McGrath — Yeller Dog participant in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 36Old Man Jake HansonOld Man Jake Hanson — Salomey Hanson’s father in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 42SalomeySalomey Hanson — daughter of Jake Hanson in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 43Snake River MurgatroydSnake River Murgatroyd — educated Alderville gambler in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 38Soapy JacksonSoapy Jackson — Gooseneck supporter in Pistol Politics; surname alone does not identify him with other JacksonsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 38Tarantula AllisonTarantula Allison — Hawkins man in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 44
Surviving manuscript evidence
The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.
Draft 5 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent18 pagesCompletenessComplete
Physical extent: Complete 18-page draft; text near the conclusion is partly unreadable.
TSS: 11978–11983, 10887–10888, 12001, 51029–51021
Complete untitled Howard typescript with several typed revisions and an erased/partly unreadable passage near the conclusion.
Additional documentary notes
- Typed Insertion: “Gooseneck” was typed above “They,” shifting the sentence from a plural to a singular subject. (First Cuts p. 35)
- Typed Insertion: “his” was typed above “their,” further supporting the same shift from plural to singular subject. (First Cuts p. 35)
- Typed Insertion: “They ain’t a line of writin’” was typed above “only writin’,” replacing the earlier wording. (First Cuts p. 37)
- Typed Insertion: “monte” was typed above “faro” as a replacement; First Cuts notes the same revision at the second occurrence on the page. (First Cuts p. 38)
- Typed Insertion: “merely” was added between the lines in the sentence describing Breckinridge taking Snake River’s knife away. (First Cuts p. 39)
- Erasure: A passage near the conclusion has been erased; First Cuts can recover only fragmentary visible wording. (First Cuts p. 50)
- Difficult To Read: First Cuts states that text near the conclusion is partly unreadable, including the erased passage transcribed only in fragments. (near conclusion / First Cuts p. 50)
Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 3, Pistol Politics, Editorial Notes p. 3; Draft 5 pp. 35–52; TSS 11978–11983, 10887–10888, 12001, 51029–51021
