Dutch's Gang

Dutch's Gang is a major outlaw gang in Red Dead Redemption, based in West Elizabeth and led by the dangerously charismatic Dutch van der Linde.

The game refers to two distinct "Dutch's Gangs": the original "Old Gang" in which John Marston, Bill Williamson, and Abigail Marston ran before the start of the game; and the gang active at the time the game is set (1911 onwards) which is made up of mostly Native Americans and peasants.

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Dutch's Gang consisted of, at least, Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, John Marston and Abigail Marston, as well as Dutch himself. There may have been other unnamed members and Native Americans like Enepay and Dakota. The gang was notorious and feared across West Elizabeth, committing murders and robbing banks, although apparently (if Marston's in-game comments are to be believed) giving much of the money they stole to the poor. Over the years they robbed over forty banks - at one point Marston jovially comments, "they told us there was a prize when we got to fifty."



Dutch van der Linde seems to have been almost a father-figure to the gang; certainly he is credited with taking in and raising Marston and Abigail after the two youngsters ran from their orphanage. Dutch's "Transcendentalist philosophy" and paternal approach imbued the gang with a strong sense of loyalty and cohesion, almost a family quality.

For years the gang terrorized the West until the fateful day of the botched robbery in 1906. Details are missing, but it is known that the gang tried robbing a bank. Dutch shot a woman named Heidi McCourt in the head and then her brains were plasted over a wall, which led to government agents attacking the gang. There was a shootout, and John Marston was wounded. The gang made it out of the bank, took govorner's automobile and drive away but, Marston was left for dead, recovering but shortly afterwards "retiring", with Abigail, from the gang.

Not long after this, the gang split up, driven apart partly by Dutch van der Linde's increasing slide into insanity. Bill Williamson left to start his own gang at Fort Mercer in Texas, and Javier Escuella become Williamson's lawyer, in Texas they both later became a notorious criminals. As for Dutch himself, he disappeared in West Elizabeth. Hovever Bill thought that Dutch escaped back in Netherlands, and Javier thought Dutch escaped in Colombia. Dutch then made up his own gang, and the whole gang then live in Mountains and steal from white man in general, and govorment's agents, couse they destroy their way of life.

Old Gang Members (known)
Dutch van der Linde - Leader, William Williamson, Javier Escuella, John Marston, Abigail Marston

Trivia

 * Dutch's old gang may very well be inspired by Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch which was one of the last outlaw gangs and was also active during the late 1890s and early 1900s.
 * Some members of Dutch's indian gang wear pieces of military uniform, most notably coats and ammo belts. These coats oftentimes have chevrons on them. It is unknown why they wear these or how they got them, it is likely they looted them off dead U.S. soldiers.
 * Almost all of the members of Dutch's gang possess a red bandana or cloth, possibly given to each gang member as a memento when they joined the gang. The most notable characters who wear these pieces of cloth are: John Marston (wears his around his neck), Bill Williamson (also wears around his neck), Javier Escuella (located hanging around his belt, dangling over his left leg). Jack Marston wears a red bandana as well, probably his father's (tucked underneath his shirt). Interestingly, Dutch himself does not wear one, at least visibly. (Abigail does not wear a red cloth. Probably cause she is a woman.)
 * Dutch's Gang and the Williamson Gang are the only well-known gangs in the game for which Jack Marston can not acquire an outfit.
 * Javier Escuella is the only (known) member of Dutch's Gang that is a homosexual (Gay).
 * Despite the members' insulting comments towards John (such as how he married Abigail, a prostitute), dialogue from Jack and Abigail suggests that the gang was fond of John's new family. Abigail states that Dutch and Bill and Javier would tell a young Jack stories of their crimes, also calling them "Uncle Dutch" and "Uncle Bill." Jack also casually asks about Dutch's and Bill's fate as if they were old friends that disappeared.
 * Dutch's indian Gang have at least 2 bounty targets in the entire game. Thoes bounty targets are Dakota and Honovi.
 * Dutch van der Linde (Leader of the gang) was wanted for murder and kidnapping, Bill Williamson was wanted for murder, Javier Escuella was wanted for bank robber (whitc means he didn't kill so much innocent people than oter gang members) and John Marston was wanted for grand lancery.
 * Dutch's Gang, like the unaffiliated criminals in Mexico, are never encountered in Free Roam, as the counter for number of Dutch's Gang kills is missing.
 * In singleplayer, Dutch's indian Gang is the only gang not to own a gang hideout that can be completed outside a mission. Hovever Cochinay is their hideout in Bear Mountains.
 * Dutch's Gang does not appear during Undead Nightmare. Their hideout, Cochinay is occupied by an unafilliated outlaw, Melvin Spinney. They also don't appear either as survivors or Undead.