Dark Valley Destiny (64 page)

196, 202, 211, 243 Cover art.
See Weird Tales,
illustrations.

Cowboys, 110-113, 114, 176
Cowboy Stories,
332 Crane, Nathalia, 205
Crete, 204
Crocker, Loren, 91

Cross Cut, Texas, 69, 71-73, 74, 75, 76,

79, 83, 89, 96 Cross Plains, Texas, 83, 96, 97,127-129, 131, 134, 142, 144, 156, 194, 217; opinion of R.E. Howard, 11, 264, 354-355
Cross Plains Review, The,
249 "Crowd Horror," 233 Curwood, James Oliver, 261

Daniel Baker Collegian, The,
237 Dark Valley, Texas, 8, 18, 30, 34, 46, 53, 99—100; Howard's impressions of, 35-36, 50-52, 287 "Daughter of Erlik Khan, The," 309 Davis, Annie Newton, 80-81, 84-85, 90, 215

Davis, Porter J., 90, 215

"Dead Remember, The," 176, 334-335,

342-343
Death,
182-183

Death, 83, 156 (
see also
Funeral; Howard, H.E., death; Patches, death; Reincarnation; Suicide); Howard's views on, 183, 223, 241, 349 De Camp, L. Sprague, 15, 266, 361, 362,

363-364 Depression.
See
Great Depression. Derleth, August, 248,253, 302,360-361; correspondence with, 124, 208, 253, 280, 285, 339 Detective stories, 312 "Devil in Iron, The," 265, 276, 322 Dill, J.D., 7, 347, 351, 359
Dreamers of Empire,
308 "Dream Snake, The," 206-207, 216-217 Dress habits, 83, 173, 211, 263, 300,

318, 321, 339, 353 Drinking habits, 146,172, 192,193,198, 212, 227, 228, 340

Drouth, 5-6, 27, 40, 96, 121-123, 134,

254-255, 261 Dumas, Alexandre, 175
Dust Dance, The,
53
Dweller in Dark Valley, The,
36

Echoes from an Iron Harp,
237 "Eighttoes Makes a Play," 261 Elkins, Breckenridge, 227, 310-311, 332
Emancipation,
243 Enemies, of Howard.
See
Paranoia. English language, 244; dialects, 231, 295; use of, 173, 211, 224, 271-272, 290-291, 294, 304 Ervin, Alice Wynne, 21, 26, 28 Ervin, George Washington, 19, 21, 22,

25-28, 40 Ervin, Hester Jane.
See
Howard, Hester Ervin.

Ervin, Maxine, 10, 37, 206 Ervin, Robert, 19, 21 Ervin, Sarah Jane Martin, 19, 21, 23, 25 Ervin family, 351; history, 18-19, 21-23, 25-28, 108; Howard's visit with, 60-61

Estate, 353
(see also
Library, of R.E. Howard); disposition, 355-356, 360-361 "Etched in Ebony," 219-220
Evening in Spring,
302 Evolution, 126-127 "Exile of Atlantis," 257

Fables for Little Folks,
243 "Fangs of Gold," 312
Fantasy Fan, The,
237, 266 Fantasy stories, 230, 258-260, 285, 311.
See also
Heroic fantasy; Prehistoric fantasy stories. Fears, 61, 63, 65, 272 (
see also
Monsters); of Howard, 68, 189, 229, 242, 287, 289
(see also
Nightmares; Night terrors)

"Fearsome Touch of Death," 260-261 Fencing, 215, 249, 305
Fight Stories,
232, 257, 297 "Flame-Knife, The," 266, 362 Football, 180, 202, 211-212, 300, 301 "Footfalls Within, The," 256-257 Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 22, 38, 104
Foundations of the Nineteenth Century,
149
Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and

Oriental Occultism,
86
Fragment,
124 Friend, Oscar J., 362, 363 Friends, 16, 76, 78, 142-143, 211, 357; opinion of Howard, 10, 83, 160, 248
(see also
Lovecraft, opinion of R.E. Howard; Price, E.H., opinion of Howard)

Friendship, in stories, 16, 267 "Frost-Giant's Daughter, The," 266, 271, 272, 362

Funeral, 6, 352—353.
See also
Grave plot; Greenleaf Memorial Cemetery.

Gafford, R. Fowler, 76, 190, 198 Games, 57,67-68,76-78,117,143-144,

151-152.
See also
Sports.
Gangs of New York, The,
273
Gent from Bear Creek, A,
332
Ghost Kings, The
, 238 "Ghost of Camp Colorado, The," 253
Ghost Stories,
230

Ghost stories.
See
Supernatural stories. Gnome Press, 361-363 "God in the Bowl, The," 266, 271-272, 362

Gods of Bal-Sagoth, The,
197, 258-259, 292-293

"Gods of the North."
See
"Frost-Giant's

Daughter, The." "Golden Hope Christmas," 165 Gordon, Charles George, 308 Gordon, Francis X., 308-309, 333 Grave plot, 7, 353-354 "Graveyard Rats, The," 312 Great Depression, 5-6, 131, 144, 233,

254-255, 261, 297 Great Plains, 121 Green, Nora, 6, 30, 32, 34S

Greenberg, Martin, 361, 362 Greenleaf Memorial Cemetery, 7, 346-

347, 348, 353 "Grey God Passes, The," 258 Gribbon, William Lancaster.
See
Mundy,

Talbot. Grimes, Buckner J., 332
Grim Land, The,
98, 243 "Grisly Horror, The," 333 Gunmen.
See
Outlaws. Gunn, Ben, 89-90 Gypsy, 245-246

Hardin, John Wesley, 104,113,114^115,
116

Harrison, Steve, 312 Hart, William S., 132 "Hawk of the Hills," 309 "Hawks of Outremer," 259 "Hawks Over Shem," 266, 362
Heart of the Sea's Desire, The,
245 Henneberger, Jacob C., 177 Henry family: history, 37-38 Henry, James, Jr., 20, 37 Henry, J.T., 43

Henry, Louisa Elizabeth (Eliza).
See
Howard, Eliza Henry. Heroes, 162, 219, 258.
See also
Ideal man.

Heroic fantasy, 11, 12, 14, 287, 364.
See

also
Fantasy stories. "Hills of the Dead, The," 218, 256 Hinduism, 156, 184

Hispano-Texans, 105, 125.
See also
Mexicans.

Historical stories, 258-259, 330-331.
See abo
Britain, stories about; Western stories.

Horror stories, 260—261.
See also
Supernatural stories. Horseback riding, 77, 144
Hour of the Dragon, The. See Conan the Conqueror.

"House of Arabu, The."
See
"Witch from Hell's Kitchen, The."

Houston, Sam, 104, 108, 110 Howard, David Terrell, 32, 39, 41 Howard, Eliza Henry, 20, 37, 38, 39, 60,

88-89, 94 Howard, Hester Ervin, 21, 28, 30, 126 (see
also
Isolation, of H.E. Howard; Personality, of H.E. Howard; Reading, by H.E. Howard; Religion, and H.E. Howard); age discrepancy, 23-25; childhood, 25-28; death, 5, 6, 10, 25, 82-83, 326, 341, 348, 351; health, 31, 63, 69, 73, 94, 255, 261, 299, 328-331 (see
also
Tuberculosis, in H.E. Howard); marriage, 23-24, 30, 47, 80-81; and other women, 305-306, 315, 317, 320-321, 325-326; pregnancy, 30-31; relationship with husband, 63-64,80-81,84,86, 94, 157, 233-234, 327; relationship with son, 8,9, 31,53, 56-57,81-83, 169, 170, 192, 196, 222, 319-320, 367

Howard, Isaac Mordecai, 7, 20, 41, 48, 54, 158-159, 235-236 (
see also
Lovecraft, letters from I.M. Howard; Personality, of I.M. Howard; Price, E.H., letters from I.M. Howard; Price, E.H., opinion of of I.M. Howard; Religion, and I.M. Howard; Suicide, father's reaction); ambition, 36, 42; ambition for son, 96-97, 161, 169, 200, 207; health, 93, 94, 145, 359; medical practice, 9, 42, 44, 46, 63,66-67, 85-86, 89-90,132, 234, 255, 340, 357; medical training, 43-44, 45-46, 47, 87, 145; relationship with patients, 47, 63, 67, 84-85, 90, 93-94, 326-327; relationship with son, 58, 63, 66, 87-88, 142, 192, 209, 316, 347, 359; as seen by son, 12-13, 42-43, 49-50, 258, 287 Howard, Robert Ervin, 10, 20, 186-187, 201, 207, 215, 301-302 (
see also
Isolation, of R.E. Howard; Personality, of R.E. Howard; Reading, by

R.E. Howard; Religion, and U.K. Howard; also related entricn undur subjects, e.g. Entate, Imagination, etc.); ambition, 71, 78, 142, 161, 172, 174, 207, 213, 259 (
see alio
Writing, as a career); ancestry, 50, 181, 229, 290 (see
also
Ervin family; Henry family; Howard family); birth, 18, 29; childhood, 33-34, 56-57, 67-68, 70-71, 74
(see also
Games; Pets); education, 64, 67, 75, 76, 96, 145, 163-170, 200-202, 203
(see also
Libraries, use by Howard; Schools); habits, 172, 212
(see also
Dress habits; Drinking habits; Smoking); health, 31, 61-62,64, 83,196-197, 199, 201, 236, 247-248; jobs held by, 154, 157, 173, 190-191, 193-194, 196, 199-200, 209; parents' competition for love of, 63-64, 87, 93, 94, 163, 233-234; photographs of, 61, 228, 321; self-image, 9, 58, 63, 79, 160-161
(see also
Friends, opinion of Howard) Howard, William Benjamin, 20, 37-39 Howard, Willie, 39, 44, 59 Howard family, 351; deceptions by, 23-25, 42, 49, 50-57, 247, 330, 341, 349, 358; history, 20, 24, 37, 108; houses lived in, 29-30, 33, 73, 91-92, 97, 134-135, 137-139, 141-142; moves by, 53-54, 59, 60, 64, 66, 69, 71, 73, 85, 90-91, 96-97, 142; trips by, 94-95, 256, 299-300, 302, 328-329
(see also
Vacations) Humor: in poems, 239, 243; in stories, 227-228, 231, 257, 273-274, 304, 310-311, 331-332, 342
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The,
132, 273,

293 Hunting, 158

Hyborian Age, 264-265, 274, 366 "Hyborian Age, The," 262-263 Hyborian World, 11-12, 14-15, 242
(see also
Cimmeria); map, 15, 344—345 "Hyena, The," 187-188, 189, 207
Hymn of Hate,
171, 240-241

Ideal man, 8-9, 75, 265, 290.
See also

Heroes. Ideal woman, 221, 247 Illustrations: of stories, 16.
See also
Weird

Tales, illustrations. Imagination, 17, 57, 333.
See also
Nightmares; Night terrors; Reality, distortion of; Storytelling ability.
Incredible Adventure of Dennis Dorgan,
232

Indians, 22, 26-27, 40, 100, 104, 107-108, 110 (
see also
Comanches); attitudes toward, 8, 28, 108, 109, 125-126, 175-176
Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, The,
230 "In High Society," 232 "In the Forest of Villefere," 189-190, 194

"Iron Man, The," 261 "Iron Shadows in the Moon."
See
"Shadows in the Moonlight." "Isle of the Eons, The," 194, 197 Isolation: of H.E. Howard, 34; of R.E. Howard, 11, 24-25, 179, 287

Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine,
232

James, William, 325

"Jewels of Gwahlur," 265, 278-279, 319

Jews, 149, 157, 176

Joyce, P.W., 257

Junto,
206, 219, 222, 235

Junto, 206, 222, 246, 249, 252

Kane, Solomon, 162, 163, 164, 217-218,

223, 229, 256-257, 285, 295 "Kelly and the Conjure-Man," 254 Khayyam, Omar, 225-226 King, Alma Baker, 61
King—of the Khyber Rifles,
276 "Kings of the Night," 226 Kipling, Rudyard, 151, 175, 187, 238, 246, 270, 272

Kissing of Sal Snooboo,
The, 244 Klatt, Herbert, 198

Kline, Otis Adelbert, 312, 332, 333, 343,

346, 360, 362 "Knife-River Prodigal," 332 Knife skills, 78, 96, 143 "Knight of the Round Table, A," 232 Ku Klux Klan, 126-127 Kull, 223-224, 225-226, 229, 257, 263, 265, 271, 285, 313

Lamb, Harold, 270, 276 Lancer Books, 364-365 Languages, 308-309.
See also
Characters, name origins; English language; Place names, origin. "Last White Man, The," 174-175 Lawrence, Thomas Edward, 308, 309 Lee, David C., 249, 299
Le Roi Pausole,
284 Letters.
See
Correspondence. Libraries (see
also
Reading): use by Howard, 77, 86, 147, 179, 181, 193 Library: of R.E. Howard, 271, 356-357
Lines Written in the Realization That I Must

Die,
5, 243-244
Little Red Foot, The,
280 London, Jack, 175, 185-186, 270, 295, 312

Lord, Glenn, 15, 235, 237, 251, 356 "Lord of the Dead," 312
Lost Continent of Mu, The,
197 "Lost Race, The," 151, 187, 189 "Lost Valley of Iskander, The," 309 Louys, Pierre, 284

Lovecraft, H.P., 103, 149, 176, 195, 225, 251 (
see also
Price, E.H., and Lovecraft); correspondence, 362; correspondence with R.E. Howard, 150, 182, 222, 251-253, 300-301; gifts from Howard, 308; on Howard's writings, 226, 263-264, 289; letters from I.M. Howard, 358, 359; letters from R.E. Howard, 58, 183, 278, 297-298,321,341; letters from R.E. Howard (on career), 279-280, 285, 294, 332-333; letters from R.E. Howard (descriptions of Texas), 34, 53, 56, 59-61, 120, 122, 123, 142; letters from R.E. Howard (experiences); 59-61, 68, 133, 146, 154, 305, 338, 339; letters from R.E. Howard (on the Southwest), 8, 18-19, 104; letters from R.E. Howard (tall tales), 77, 88-89, 262; opinion of R.E. Howard, 10, 244, 367-368; visit to South, 296-298; writings imitated by Howard, 260, 295

McClung, William Oscar, 39, 44-45, 59-
60, 88
Maedgen, Osee, 165
Magic Carpet. See Oriental Stories.
"Man-Eating Jeopard," 332 Martin family, 347 Mashburn, Kirk, 286, 297 Mencken, H.L., 325

Merryman, Kate, 6, 23, 82, 215, 340,

346, 347, 348, 350, 351, 353 Mexicans, 110, 117, 177, 338 (see
also
Hispano-Texans); attitudes toward, 109, 125 Mexican War, 106-107 Miller, P. Schuyler, 15, 344-345 "Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, The," 225-
226
Moment, A,
70

Monsters: in stories, 216-217, 267-268,

272, 289, 293 Mooney, Booth, 206, 222, 246 "Moon of Skulls, The," 256 Moore, Catherine Lucile, 330 Morality, 118,212.
See also
Drinking habits; Women, and Howard. Motion pictures, 172, 339; influences,