Queho
Queho | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1880 |
| Died | c. 1919 |
| Body discovered | 1940 |
| Details | |
| State(s) | Nevada |
Queho (born around 1880;[1] his name was also spelled Quehoe on his grave[2] or Quejo in other sources) was a Native American outlaw and renegade[3][4] whose exploits became part of Nevada legend.[5] Many deaths were blamed on Queho and so he earned the title of being the first mass murderer in the state of Nevada[6] and "The Mad Indian"[7]
Biography
Queho was an outcast,[8] being called a "half-breed"[9] in the days when being half Native American[10] was not accepted. Queho's mother was from the Cocopah tribe.[citation needed] Queho was speculated to be partially Mexican, his mother died shortly after birth.[citation needed]
Queho took odd jobs around Eldorado Canyon.[11] He is said to have killed his half-brother and a 100-year-old blind Indian known to Queho as Canyon Charlie.[12] Queho had a club foot,[13] which left a distinctive impression[14] when he was being trailed. He is alleged to have eluded posses[15] and killed for food and supplies. Some say the fugitive Queho was not responsible for all of the murders that took place around the time period he lived.[16] Others say he was a cold-blooded killer[17] who would do anything to stay alive and survive. Queho was blamed for the death of Maude ("Daisy") J. Douglas[18] after a search outside the cabin at the Techatticup Mine[19] in Nelson, Nevada. Settlers said Queho cursed the land. They called it "The Curse of Queho."[20] In March 1919, the reward for capturing Queho "dead or alive" increased from an initial bounty of $1,000 to $3,000.[21][22][23]
In 1940, prospectors working near the Colorado River discovered a cave containing the mummified remains[24] of the Nevada desperado. His remains were buried only after being purchased by Queho's old nemesis, Frank Wait, a law officer,[25] before being given to the Las Vegas Elks Club, who exhibited the remains at Helldorado Days.[26] District attorney Roland Wiley secured the remains and gave Queho a proper burial[27] at Cathedral Canyon, Nevada.[28]
Media portrayals
Queho was portrayed by actor Buddy Noonan in Bill Burrud's Treasure television series[29] in Part 1[30] and Part 2[31] of the episodes on "Queho's Secret Hideout," which aired in 1958. Las Vegas singer-songwriter Russell Christian also told the story of Queho in the song "Queho", the final track of his second EP "Inyo County."
References
- ^ Dezert Magazine: July 16, 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3
- ^ Quehoe's remains
- ^ Queho - Renegade Indian Outlaw of Nevada
- ^ Queho in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 999
- ^ Dezert Magazine, July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3
- ^ Queho, Renegade Indian Outlaw
- ^ Weird Las Vegas and Nevada: Your Alternative Travel Guide to Sin City and the Silver State by Joe Oesterle and Tim Cridland, chapter on "Death Trip: Queho's Quorpse"
- ^ Queho: An Indian Outcast
- ^ Speculation on Queho's lineage
- ^ Pahrump Valley Times: "Serial killer came to end of the trail in Pahrump"
- ^ Panoramio: Eldorado Canyon
- ^ Canyon Charlie
- ^ Queho, as described by the Queho Posse Website Archived February 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Queho: An Indian Outcast
- ^ In Search of Queho: The Renegade Indian
- ^ Queho's cave
- ^ Queho the Renegade Indian
- ^ In Search of Queho: The Renegade Indian - 8 News NOW
- ^ Techatticup Mine
- ^ The curse of Queho mentioned in The Ghost Miner's Key
- ^ Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 10
- ^ Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 18
- ^ King Sasquatch Paranormal & Cryptozoology Blog
- ^ Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 9
- ^ Queho | the Forgotten Film Gallery
- ^ Wikipedia: Helldorado Days
- ^ Paranormal & Ghost Society: Cathedral Canyon, Nevada
- ^ Wikimapia: Cathedral Canyon, Nevada
- ^ Treasure television series
- ^ Queho's Secret Hideout, Part 1, of Bill Burrud's Treasure series
- ^ Queho's Secret Hideout, Part 2, of Bill Burrud's Treasure series