White Legs The White Legs are a tribe in Zion Canyon in 2281 . Overview . The White Legs are a tribe operating mainly in the area surrounding Salt Lake City and parts of Nevada under the order of the Caesar ' s Legion . They are hostile to all who are not White Legs or Caesar ' s Legion , and are also known for scalping their enemies . They are a nomadic tribe , having never developed self - sufficiency , and survive only by raiding caravans , settlements and other tribes for food , medicine , and technology . The White Legs are composed overwhelmingly of very light - skinned individuals of Caucasian descent , tribe members cover their bodies in a chalk - like white and red powder as war paint and have a unique dreadlocked hair style . The dreadlock style of hair originates from the White Legs ' worship of Ulysses , who taught them most of their combat skills , amongst other things . The White Legs use a variety of weapons ; mainly simple , home - made melee weapons such as mantis gauntlet s , s , tomahawk s , and fire bomb s , but have recently taken to using " storm drums " raided from an armory near Spanish Fork . They can also be found with very high - end weapons such as s , brush gun s , riot shotgun s , anti - materiel rifle s , 12 . 7mm submachine gun s , and their favored . 45 Auto submachine guns at higher levels . They are often accompanied by Legion mongrels . Like most tribes in the region , they speak a . History . Like many other tribes , the White Legs are the descendants of the survivors of the Great War . Living around Great Salt Lake , their ancestors were not sealed in a Vault or turned into ghoul s . The White Legs used to raid northeast of a small town called Caliente and on Highway 93 some time before 2271 . When the Ranger Unification Treaty was signed and the Desert Rangers moved from Highway 98 to NCR territory , the White Legs were given the entire stretches of the Long 15 to raid . To keep the NCR , whom they saw as a threat , from ever returning to the area , the White legs burned the bridges over the Virgin River , thus blocking the NCR ' s access to the Long 15 via that route . By 2277 , the White Legs had heard of Caesar ' s Legion . Viewing Caesar , and somewhat Lanius , as gods , the White Legs would petition to join the legion . This would , however , join them in the politics of the Mojave Wasteland , and thus roll them in to the NCR - Legion War . After his defeat at the First Battle of Hoover Dam , Caesar would take notice of the White Legs and would agree to let them join the Legion on the term that they kill all of the New Canaanites . Caesar , however , truly did this only out of the hope that the White Legs would manage to kill Joshua Graham as well . To aid them with this task , Caesar would send Ulysses , a courier and Frumentarius , to aid them . Ulysses would help them break in to the Spanish Fork and get the weapons they called " storm - drums " and trained them in their use . They would proceed to use these weapons to ravage large portions of Utah , wiping out tribes such as the Tar Walkers and Crazy Horns in the process , and go on to sack New Canaan . Their savagery at the attack included burning the Temple and salting the earth , as well as massacring the numbers of the New Canaanites . The White - Legs would very quickly learn , however , that at least a small quarter of the new Canaanites still survived and had fled to the Zion Canyon . Chasing them there , the White Legs would be opposed by the Sorrows and the Dead Horses , rallied by Joshua Graham against Caesar . The Dead Horses and the Sorrows are just about powerful enough to prevent one tribe from becoming dominant over the other , but the arrival of the Courier in the region finally tips the balance of power . Society . Language . After the war the tourists and inhabitants of Res formed their own language . It was English mixed with languages spoken by the other tourists and inhabitants . Military . White Legs warbands are composed of 4 different types of warriors , each specializing in a different aspect of combat . White Legs rarely fight alone , usually in pairs or larger groups . This allows them to attack the Courier cooperatively , using a mix of both melee and long - range attacks to deal a large amount of damage . Relations with the outside . Due to their hostility , the White Legs have little to no relations with any of the tribes of Zion . Their relations with the outside resemble that of the Powder Gangers . Since they are an independent part of the Caesar ' s Legion wanting to be assimilated , they maintain an excellent relationship with them and supplied by them with equipment and Legion mongrels . However , this does not mean they will recognize allies of Caesar ' s Legion and they attack any outsiders on sight , regardless of their affiliation . As a tribe they have little dialogue with the Courier , due to their innate hostility . The main source of direct interaction with the White Legs is through Salt - Upon - Wounds in the main quest Crush the White Legs or , alternatively , Flight from Zion . Technology . Their weaponry is very advanced due to their raid of an armory near Spanish Fork and because they receive supplies from Caesar ' s Legion . This is evidenced by their use of automatic weapons , long range rifles , different types of explosives , and This gives an advantage over tribes such as the Sorrows ' primitive weaponry . This is because , unlike their rivals , the White Legs do not adhere to the concept of taboo where pre - war tech and locations are " off - limits " . As such they have looted many of these un - touched locations with little hindrance . Appearances . The White Legs appear only in the " " " Honest Hearts " . They are mentioned by Ulysses in the " " " Lonesome Road " .