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Characters in this exact text
Blink WiltshawBlink Wiltshaw — War Paint acquaintance of Breckinridge; miner hiding his gold in Teton GulchOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 234Breckinridge ElkinsBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 233Cap’n KiddCap’n Kidd — Breckinridge Elkins's horseOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 236Dolly RixbyDolly Rixby — woman from War Paint courted by Breckinridge and married by Blink WiltshawOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 233Jake RomanJake Roman — yellow-whiskered gunman in Rattlesnake Harrison's gangOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 237Rattlesnake Harrison / posing as “Reverant Rembrandt Brockton”Rattlesnake Harrison — outlaw chief operating around Teton GulchOn Pagefirst: First named: First Cuts: Rough Trails 2, p. 235; first on-page appearance under disguise: p. 241
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Draft 4 — surviving Howard typescript set with Glenn Lord duplicate pagesHoward typescript
Extent19 pagesCompletenessComplete
Physical extent: Complete 19-page draft documentary set; pages 8 and 18 are duplicate copies created by Glenn Lord
TSS: 51962–51966, 51967–51977, 64290–64291, 92068
Untitled complete typescript represented by a 19-page documentary set. First Cuts explicitly identifies the surviving copies of pages 8 and 18 as duplicates created by Glenn Lord rather than Howard-authored additional revisions.
Additional documentary notes
- Duplicated page: First Cuts states that the surviving copies of pages 8 and 18 were created by Glenn Lord. They are documentary substitutes/copies, not Howard-authored revision leaves. (Draft 4 pages 8 and 18)
- Erasure: The words “like she done” were erased/smudged out and the punctuation was placed after “head.” (First Cuts p. 248)
Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 2, Cupid from Bear Creek, Editorial Notes p. 198; Draft 4 transcription