[hider=Billy][color=6ecff6][b]Name:[/b][/color]  William “Billy” Kingsley

[color=6ecff6][b]Purpose:[/b][/color] Looking for work

[color=6ecff6][b]Description:[/b][/color] Billy, aged 26 stands 6’ 2” tall and weighs 180 Lbs. He has dark blackened skin, African black hair and brown eyes. Billy has more than a few scars on his arms and torso from time spent in the US Cavalry. He wears his old blue cavalry trousers with the yellow stripe on the legs. He also wears a white shirt and a black vest. He traded in his US Army kepi for a black Dakota style leather cowboy hat with the forward edge of the brim drooping way down over his eyes. He gave his blue jacket to an Indian at some point in time. He didn’t want it anymore. There are three eagle feathers tucked into the hat band. He wears his black leather cavalry boots as well. The Apache call him, “Elan Itza-chu” which means Friendly Great Hawk, due to his personality and ability to know what is going on around him. It is as though he were a great hawk looking down at the world.

[color=6ecff6][b]Backstory:[/b][/color] William Kingsley grew up near Oswego, Illinois. His father, Lucius Kingsley was a runaway slave from Shreveport, Louisiana. Lucius married Emiline, who had no prior last name. The woman was a runaway slave from Tupelo, Mississippi. Lucius and Emiline found each other in Chicago, IL after their escape to freedom, fell in love and settled into farming south of the city near Oswego.

Lucius chose not to serve during the war between the states, but by then he and his wife had five children to raise. His oldest son, William and other sons helped him with chores around their farm. Lucius’ youngest child was his favorite, Clarabelle, born around the time of the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861.

When he was old enough, William enlisted in the Army, serving in the newly formed 10th Cavalry regiment. William’s brothers in arms, quickly picked up the moniker of “Buffalo Soldiers” from the native tribes who inhabited Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and other territories of the plains as well as Texas. The Natives didn’t know what to make of the black soldiers, just they were the same color as the buffalo whom they hunted.

William was treated fairly in the army, but the days were long, and the work was hard. He fought in several engagements with the natives. He learned the language of the Comanches (Comancheros) and the Apache (Mescalero) tribes. He also knows a little Spanish (Mexico). Albeit Billy never had an education and cannot read or write but has a propensity towards learning foreign languages. He can speak English, Apache, Comanche and Spanish, but can’t read or write anything.

When Billy left the army, he kept his horse, pistol belt, sidearm, saddle, tack and harness as well as his uniform equipment. He picked up a rifle shortly after leaving the military, insuring he has sufficient ammunition. He abandoned his cavalry saber to a young Mescalero some time ago.

Billy has been in the panhandle of Texas, Apache country for a few years and is looking for work. He has done several odd jobs in the past but needs something now. He wandered into the saloon in Sweetwater with this quest in mind.

[color=6ecff6][b]Equipment:[/b][/color] 
[list]- Henry Rifle (.44 caliber)
-	Colt SAA Pistol (.45 caliber)
-	Bowie Knife
-	Mustang Horse named “Rose” (female) black and white paint
-	One spare shirt (light blue)
-	Yellow Neckerchief
-	One pair of trousers (US Army Cavalry)
-	US Cavalry boots (black)
-	Black vest
-	Black leather Dakota styled cowboy hat
-	saddle blanket (traded US Army blanket for multi colored one from a Commanche)
-	western saddle with horn
-	saddle bags
-	bed roll 
-	gun belt 
-	250 rounds of .45 ammo
-	170 rounds of .44 Henry ammo
-	a Bowie knife 
-	a feed bag for Rose 
-	an assortment of fruit and vegetables for the horse as treats 
-	$13.65[/list]

[color=6ecff6][b]Relationships:[/b][/color] 
[list]Lucius Kingsley, father, farmer in Illinois
Emiline Kingsley, mother
David Kingsley, 24, brother, farmer in Illinois
[s]Amos Kingsley, (22), brother, troublemaker, killed by whites in St. Louis, MO[/s]
Joseph Kingsley, 20, brother, farmer in Illinois
Clarabelle, 14, sister, lives with family on the farm in Illinois. She is Billy’s father’s pride and joy. [/list][/hider]