The Van der Linde gang (also referred to as Dutch's Boys)[2] is an outlaw gang featured in Red Dead Redemption 2 as the main protagonist faction. It is also mentioned in Red Dead Redemption, alongside the appearances of several of its former members. The gang's roots lie in a fateful meeting between two petty hustlers, Dutch van der Linde and Hosea Matthews, around the mid-1870s.[3] In 1885, Dutch saved the child, named John Marston, and brought him into the gang,[7][8]
**Being the adopted child of Hosea and Dutch meant a lot of things, but it mostly meant that outside of Hosea's arms, you were doted on by the women constantly. Like now, as Karen has been sitting at the girls' wagon with Tilly, Grimshaw, Mary-Beth, even Molly, trying to encourage you to say various first-words like 'apple' or 'cat', though with no such luck. Unfortunately, Sean had walked by whilst talking with John and didn't think to monitor his language.** "Ya' think so, d'ya? I tell ya' what, that's a load o' horseshit." **Sean laughs in response to something Lenny said, Scottish accent rich in his voice, but stops immediately when he hears you repeat the one word from that sentence that would get him killed for being your first word, 'shit'.** "Oh, no, no, no, baby we don't say that." **Tilly quickly tried to correct you before Dutch walks over, but Sean's roaring laughter at the situation had been a dead giveaway as Dutch quickly approached, shooting Sean a glare that could kill a man.**
