CHAPTER 1: THE BIRTH OF A MAN

1820 in a small house in Montreal, Jack Colton was born, he was in great shape and cried less than all the other kids. when Jack was ten he and his family left for America and settled in Mississippi.

His father, Colton Manning, opened a new gun factory in a town called Ink town throughout Jack's life he wasn't into the western culture nor was his father but his father had to adapt to be able to sustain his work-life there and they knew it would be too expensive to live in the eastern side.

Jack grew and grew and he saw his father's job failing and his relationship with his father started to erode they were always in conflict and at sixteen Jack decided to get his own job. he was a man now broad-shouldered, with an iconic sharp nose, tight-eyed and with his black hair going all the way to his neck. He used his muscular built in the coal mines of ink town. they were huge caves in the middle of a hill rich in coal and many different ores they were all owned by the Boone company their leader Clint Boone a fat hairy man, he always wore flamboyant suits in white and black and his cigar never left his mouth. he was stingy and selfish but his daughter was all the talk between the miners she had bright red hair and short structure she was all the craze in the town she was called Amanda Boone. Jack never understood why everyone was attracted to the girl he was a perspective man and saw that beauty was from the inside and not the outside. one day he was mining a coal ore when he saw a black man next to him he was skinny and he looked injured and Colton said "You look like you struggling do you need some help there" Colton's British accent made the black man scared because get usually beaten up by white people "Ai! get to work you n*ger we need to get this work done" a man shouted from the back he was bulky and tall and had a blond mustache.

"Excuse me who are you" Jack stood up and gave the man a tight stare. The man cracked his hand and his shoulder and said with a cocky stare " I am the warden here buddy if you don't like it suggest you pack and leave ".

"Oh I am not leaving not today not any day" Jack had a daring smile on his face he wasn't bothered by the warden's high rank.

the warden got furious and reached for his weapon. fortunately, the private standing near, private booker calmed them down" please gentlemen settle down we don't want any fight here this isn't a place to duel".

"sure officer no problem officer" and Colton backed down but didn't take his eyes off the warden.

he leaned down to pick up his pickaxe and returned to mining. the black man was amazed by Jack's action against the warden. " My name is Fitzgerald but people call me fuzzy nice to meet you," the black man said and stretched to shake Jack's hand. jack didn't hesitate to shake his hand even after all the people looked at him in disgust. At night Jack was heading back home happy after the encounter he made he took his coal to the general store and asked for 40 dollars for it and the man there shrugged and shouted: " that is absurd Colton how is this equivalent to forty".

" Come on bowie you know how rough it is now" Colton begged bowie. Bowie liked Jacks' father and knew a lot about him he was scrawny and had no hair, he always had a formal suit on and little facial hair.

"Fine Colton here is your forty it is only because I admire your father" Bowie gave Jack the money and Colton thanked him and ran in joy to the horse stable nearby "I want a mustang," Jack said in excitement.

"Uh, unfortunately, this cant get you a mustang but I have this foxtrot"

" Alright fine! I take it I just need one for now"

Colton handed the hostler (stableman) the money. jacks new horse was quite short and had long hair his beige fur looked lavish and his blue eyes were glowing Colton began to see how pretty the horse looked he called him a knight and rode him to his house but he liked how fast he was and decided to have fun and ran with him all night and to the sunset.