What is the Secret Message on Hermit Maps in Red Dead Redemption 2?

The Mended Map is a well-known treasure map, not many know that there's a secret backstory to it.

For the first half, you will need to go here.

And you can find the second half here.

Once you have the two hermit maps.

They will lead you to this location, and you'll find Otis Miller's personal belongings in the chest.

Otis miller was the famous gunslinger of the Wild west.

He's based on Jesse James.

A newspaper lets you know that Otis was killed.

The killer was Charlie Tatum, a member of Otis' Gang. On the back of the map, you will find a writing, it was written by Otis Miller. Otis felt his life was threatened, that's why he hide his personal belongings, and decided to live with his wife and the Tatum brothers.

One of the Brothers Charlie murdered Otis Miller, Charlie Tatum is actually the tiny hermit. Tiny hermit also appear on the Otis Miller boys cigarette card, you can see that he's short and has the mustache. It explains why the Hermit has one half of the map.

Otis wife is actually the hermit woman.

She ran away with the second piece of the map. After Otis was killed, the article mentions a song about his death.

This is one of the songs the gang sings at camp, It's based on the Jesse James folk song. The way the lyrics describe Charlie Tatum, fits the tiny hermit's appearance.

Poor Otis had a wife to mourn for his life, has laid old Otis in his grave.

It was Charlie Tatum that dirty little coward. He ate of Otis' Bread and he slept in Otis' Bed, then laid old Otis in his grave. Otis was a man, a friend to the poor, He'd Never see a man suffer pain.

And with his brother Frank, he robbed the blackwater bank.

And stopped the glendale train.

Poor Otis had a wife to mourn for his life, three children they were brave.

But that cowardly killer who shot Mr Miller, has laid old Otis in his grave.

It's saturday night and Otis wasn't home. A Talking with his family brave, And charlie tatum came along like a thief in the night, and lay poor Otis in his grave.