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Breckinridge ElkinsBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 289Cap'n KiddCap’n Kidd — Breckinridge Elkins's horseOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 293CleopatraCleopatra — one of the departing couple’s wagon mules in Chisom CountyOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 294Johnny BixbyJohnny Bixby — Chisom County deputy and Breckinridge acquaintance in San JoseOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 289Navajo BarlowNavajo Barlow — outlaw boss of Smokeville in south Chisom CountyOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 294Uncle Saul GarfieldSaul Garfield — Breckinridge Elkins’s uncle whose honor prompts the Mexico tripMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 289ShortyShorty — one-name associate called for by Navajo Barlow in Draft 1Mentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 296SlimSlim — one-name associate called for by Navajo Barlow in Draft 1Mentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 296SocratesSocrates — one of the departing couple’s wagon mules in Chisom CountyOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 294SpikeSpike — one-name associate called for by Navajo Barlow in Draft 1Mentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 296

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 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent8 pagesCompletenessPossibly incomplete

Physical extent: 8 surviving pages (1–8)

TSS: 16302, 45126, 65763–65766, 15475, 65767

Untitled original typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Possible missing material: Only pages 1–8 survive and the draft is described as possibly incomplete. (whole witness) · Uncertain

Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 1, Editorial Notes, p. 287

Published in

Breckinridge Elkins - First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments - Rough Trails 1REH Foundation PressMarch 2026↗First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments Breckinridge Elkins: Rough Trails Volumes 1-4 4 Volume Collector's Box SetREH Foundation PressMarch 2026↗