Onawa

Onawa is a supporting character in Disney Kingdoms: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. She is a member of Chandler’s bandit gang, doubling as a maid for the Bullion family.

Background
Onawa was a Native American woman who lived near Big Thunder Mountain with her family. When she was a young girl, her tribe was attacked by a group of white settlers and pushed out of the area. Barnabas T. Bullion picked her up and took her back to Rainbow Ridge, where he and his wife Marybeth brought her up and made her a maid. She resented that life and everything that Bullion represented. She bided her time, believing that Big Thunder would do him in for his greed.

Eventually, Onawa became a part of a bandit gang, with two men called Dolfo and Chandler. She was the group’s sniper, hanging back and shooting at their adversaries, though she wasn’t allowed to kill them. When Abigail Bullion became involved, she was distrustful of her. At first, it was because she was Bullion’s daughter, but when she joined them, she didn’t understand how she could have been so willing to rob her father.

Growing tired of waiting, she took matters into her own hands and took Barnabas down to the mines, planning on trapping him down there with an explosive. After that plan goes arwy, she helps him and the rest of the miners escape. When George Willikers was grabbed by Big Thunder and tried to take Barnabas with him, she kicked him off, realizing that he was the one the spirit really wanted. However, she was killed by a gunshot from him, as he went down, and fell to her death.

After her death, her spirit became one with Big Thunder, bringing the mine train to life as it rode away into the mountain.