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Exact textual stateDraft

Ship in Mutiny

Part of Ship in Mutiny

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units14
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

Big Joe CroghanBig Joe Croghan — mutineer; forecastle hand/former captain; only navigator among the mutineersOn Pagefirst: Commands Lopez to seize Raquel during the opening mutiny.JackJack — Ship in Mutiny mutineer ordered to attack Clanton with a belaying pinOn Pagefirst: Croghan orders Jack to attack Clanton with a belaying pin.LailuLailu — deposed queen who aids ClantonOn Pagefirst: Introduces herself to the captive Clanton.LopezLopez — scar-faced Spanish mutineer in Ship in MutinyOn Pagefirst: Croghan orders Lopez to seize Raquel.Raquel O'ShaneRaquel O'ShaneOn Pagefirst: Appears at the companion-way and raises the alarm during the mutiny.Saucy LassSaucy Lass — Wild Bill Clanton's principal schooner in Ship in Mutiny; earlier textual states call the same developmental vessel Lazy LassOn Pagefirst: Named in the opening sentence of the mutiny.TanoaTanoa — king/usurper of the island polity; European-educatedOn Pagefirst: Introduced when Raquel is brought before the king of Atua.Wild Bill ClantonWild Bill ClantonOn Pagefirst: Named as the captain during the opening mutiny.

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 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent14 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: Complete 14-page untitled typescript

TSS: 65061–65074

Complete untitled Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: First Cuts describes Draft 2 as untitled. (witness level)

Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Ship in Mutiny, Editorial Notes p. 61; Draft 2 pp. 77–90

Published in

The Veiled Manuscripts - First Cuts: The Drafts and FragmentsREH Foundation PressJune 2026 (paperback) est. July 27, 2026 (hardcover)↗