Wapiti Indians

The Wapiti Indians are a major faction of the 2018 action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption II.
A Native American tribe from The Heartlands of the State of New Hanover, the Wapiti tribe was forced to move to a reservation in the State of Ambarino and are then persecuted by Colonel Henry Favours and his regiment on behalf of Leviticus Cornwall to leave their land so Cornwall can drill it for oil. Their situation are a central part of the Beaver Hollow chapter.
== History ==
=== Background ===
The Wapiti tribe was native from The Heartlands region of New Hanover. After many years of war with the American settlers and the U.S government, the tribe was significantly weakened. Their chief, Rains Fall, would sign two peace treaties with the government but both were later broken. A third treaty was signed, moving the Wapiti Indians to a reservation in The Grizzlies of Ambarino.
Despite this new treaty, the tribe continued to suffer from persecution and animosity from the U.S army. With their reservation land being allegedly oil-rich, wealthy industrialist Leviticus Cornwall proposed Colonel Henry Favours and the army to force the tribe to leave the land by any means necessary so he could drill it for oil. Even with the federal government not wanting conflict with the Indians, Cornwall mined their authority and allowed Favours and his regiment to starve, oppress and persecute the tribe even more.
=== Red Dead Redemption II ===
The Indians are first seen by protagonist Arthur Morgan and Hosea Matthews during the final mission of the Colter chapter, when the gang moves from Colter to Horseshoe Overlook. On a cliff nearby, Rains Fall, his son Eagle Flies and trusted companion Paytah are watching them. Hosea them proceeds to explain to Arthur what are their situation, as the three men leaves on their horses.
During the Saint Denis chapter mission “The Gilded Cage”, they are pointed out to the gang by Angelo Bronte during the mayor’s party and are introduced to Arthur by Evelyn Miller. Following the introduction, Eagle Flies offers Arthur money to steal potentially-incriminating documents from Cornwall Kerosene & Tar that can prevent the tribe relocation. A few days later, Arthur meets with Eagle Flies near the refinery and infiltrates the building. He successfully steal the documents but is catch by armed guards and is saved by an explosion caused by Eagle Flies. Once the two men escapes the guards, as agreed, Eagle Flies pays Arthur.
A while later in the story, during the Beaver Hollow chapter, Eagle Flies comes to ask the gang to help them get their horses back, who were stolen by the army. Dutch, hoping to redirect the authorities’ attention off his gang, agrees to help him and goes with Arthur and Charles. Once the horses were recover, Charles asks Arthur if he can talk to Rains Fall.
If Arthur agrees, he will meet Rains Fall at the reservation and the two go out riding. Arthur then encounters Captain Lyndon Monroe, who he can agree to help later. Riding to a sacred location for the tribe, the duo see that the place was vandalized and deprived of precious artifacts by drunk soldiers from Favours’ regiment. Devastated by what this means to his tribe and that the treaty was broken again, Rains Fall asks Arthur to recover the stolen items without killing anyone. If he succeeds into doing so, the Wapiti Indians’ chief will gift him with an own bracelet.
Around the same time, Dutch convinces Eagle Flies and other men to ambush the army for their treatment of the Indians. Planting dynamites on the trees, the group realizes that the number of soldiers is much higher than expected. In the chaos following the detonations, Eagle Flies is captured and incarcerated while the remaining Indians are either killed or manage to escape and Arthur and Dutch are ambushed, but are able to flee.
If Arthur previously agreed to help Captain Monroe, he goes to the reservation to see if he can do anything. Monroe explains that vaccines meant for the Wapiti Indians have been withheld by Colonel Favours and, as a result, many of the Indians on-site are sick. Disgusted by Favours’ actions, Arthur accompanies Monroe to retrieve the medicine from the army. The protagonist is able to steal what they need and brings it back to Monroe.
A bit later, Rains Fall learns that Favours wishes to negotiate peace and comes to Beaver Hollow to ask Arthur and Charles to come with him. Coughing loudly because of his tuberculosis, Arthur is brought to another tent to recover, and, despite Rains Fall’s hopes, Favours to criticize the Wapiti and makes it clear that he will not give any concessions. During this time, Arthur hears two soldiers discussing of Favours wanting to hang Monroe for treason, so he rejoins the conversation. Indeed, Favours orders Monroe’s arrest, but two soldiers are then taken hostage by Arthur and Charles, forcing Favours to free Monroe. In the following shootout, Rains Fall is able to slip away and returns to the reservation, disappointed.
With now no hopes of resolving the conflict peacefully, Arthur and Charles, despite Rains Fall’s initial opposition, goes to free Eagle Flies from Fort Wallace. After managing to get to safety, Arthur asks the chief’s son what they will do next. For Eagle Flies, no option than war is left, adding that the tribe has nowhere to go when Arthur suggests fleeing.
Following his recovery and against his father’s decision, Eagle Flies and a group of warriors rides to Beaver Hollow to ask the gang to attack Cornwall Kerosene & Tar. Rains Fall then arrives, and, despite trying to persuade his people not to go fight, they rides away for the battle. A majority of the gang members agrees to help Rains Fall and they go with the Indians warriors. During the battle, many of the warriors are killed and Arthur saves Eagle Flies during the battle, which they win. Arthur and Dutch then goes to find the bounds sought by the latter, but in their way out of the refinery, Arthur is incapacitated by a bursting pipe and ambushed by soldiers. Dutch then abandons him and Arthur is saved by Eagle Flies who neutralizes the soldiers. Before anything else can be done, Favours appears and shot Eagle Flies in the abdomen, before being gun down by Arthur. Leaving an unhelpful Dutch behind, Arthur and Charles rides back to the reservation with Paytah, where Eagle Flies is brought to Rains Fall’s tent and dies shortly afterwards in his father’s arms, devastating him. 
Following these events, the Wapiti Indians begin taking their belongings to prepare to leave the country. Arthur and Charles part ways, due to the latter staying with the tribe in order to help with the difficult times ahead. Before leaving, the tribe manages to bury Eagle Flies' body near the reservation.
=== Epilogue ===
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