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The Chief of the Matabeles

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StateUntitled draftSurviving witnesses3TSS catalogue units3Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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

Exhaustively reviewed for this catalogued Poetry state. Generic lyric speakers/addressees, collectives, places and purely metaphorical allusions are not manufactured into permanent Characters.

ChakaChaka — historical Zulu ruler invoked as a comparison and ancestry claim.On Page12 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 105LobengulaLobengula — historical African ruler invoked in a continuity claim.On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 105Um SilikazMzilikazi — historical founder and king of the Ndebele/Matabele, named by Howard as Mosilikatze and Um SilikazOn Page14 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 105UmenganUmengan — Matabele elder and first-person raconteur in The Chief of the MatabelesOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 105

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.

Original Howard typescript — TSS 51847Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51847

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 265–265

Original Howard typescript — TSS 90071Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90071

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 783–783

Howard carbon copy — TSS 90098Howard carbon copy
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90098

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify a carbon copy from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 805–805

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.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 105Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 105

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗