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Vultures' Sanctuary — Draft 4

Part of Vultures' Sanctuary

StateDraft 4Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units18
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

Bill McClanahanBill McClanahan — cowpuncher known as Big MacOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Checotah KidChecotah Kid — outlaw acquaintance of Big MacOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351old EllisEllis — Judith Ellis’s father traveling toward CaliforniaOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Garth BissettGarth Bissett — outlaw leader revealed as El BravoOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351John GarrisonJohn Garrison — outlaw at Bissett’s sanctuaryOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Judith EllisJudith Ellis — young woman traveling with her fatherOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Red EmmettRed Emmett — outlaw at the sanctuaryOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Slip RatnerSlip Ratner — shady Capitan characterOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Stark CampbellStark Campbell — outlaw in El Bravo’s gangOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351Wolf WilsonWolf Wilson — outlaw at the sanctuaryOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 333-351

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 4 — surviving Howard carbon witnessHoward carbon copy
Extent18 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 18 manuscript pages / 18 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 22101–22104, 22106–22108, 45003, 45005–45008, 45010–45015

Robert E. Howard carbon-copy manuscript witness.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the Draft 4 witness as untitled. (witness level)
  • Carbon Copy: The source explicitly identifies the Draft 4 witness as carbon. (witness level)
  • Completeness Uncertain: The source wording is internally uncertain: 'inc, maybe complete'. Completeness is therefore left unresolved. (witness level) · Uncertain
  • Mid Page Start: The source says the surviving set begins mid-page. This is preserved without automatically inferring a physically missing first sheet. (witness level)
  • Catalogue Uncertainty Note: The phrase 'our screwup' is preserved as a catalogue-quality warning, not converted into manuscript evidence. (witness level)
  • Competing Continuations: The spreadsheet separately catalogues two page-19–22 continuation sequences. No chronology or branch parentage is inferred. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Vultures' Sanctuary (d4) · TSS 22101–22104, 22106–22108, 45003, 45005–45008, 45010–45015 · spreadsheet rows 19009–19029

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Western Tales - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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