Queho
Queho (born around 1880;[1] his name was also spelled Quehoe on his grave[2] or Quejo in other sources[3]) was a Native American outlaw and renegade[4][5] whose exploits became part of Nevada legend.[6] Many deaths were blamed on Queho and so he earned the title of being the first mass murderer in the state of Nevada.[7] and "The mad Indian"[8]
Biography
Queho was an outcast,[9] being called a "half-breed"[10] in the days when being half American Indian[11] was not accepted. Queho's mother was from the Cocopah tribe.[12] It is said Queho was half Mexican because his father was a local miner, although this is not known with certainty. His mother died shortly after birth.
Queho took odd jobs around Eldorado Canyon.[13] He is said to have killed his half-brother and a 100-year-old blind Indian known to Queho as Canyon Charlie.[14] Queho had a club foot,[15] which left a distinctive impression[16] when he was being trailed. He is alleged to have eluded posses[17] 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.[18] Others say he was a cold-blooded killer[19] who would do anything to stay alive and survive. Queho was blamed for the death of Maude ("Daisy") J. Douglas[20] after a search outside the cabin at the Techatticup Mine[21] in Nelson, Nevada. Settlers said Queho cursed the land. They called it "The Curse of Queho."[22] In March 1919, the reward for capturing Queho "dead or alive" increased from an initial bounty of $1,000 to $3,000.[23][24][25]
In 1940, prospectors working near the Colorado River discovered a cave containing the mummified remains[26] of the Nevada desperado. His remains were buried[27][28] only after being purchased by Queho's old nemesis, Frank Wait, a law officer,[29] before being given to the Las Vegas Elks Club,[30] who exhibited the remains at Helldorado Days.[31] District attorney Roland Wiley secured the remains and gave Queho a proper burial[32] at Cathedral Canyon, Nevada.[33]
Media portrayals
Queho was portrayed by actor Buddy Noonan in Bill Burrud's Treasure television series[34] in Part 1[35] and Part 2[36] of the episodes on "Queho's Secret Hideout," which aired in 1958.
References
- ^ Dezert Magazine: July 16, 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3
- ^ Quehoe's remains
- ^ FindAGrave.com: Queho
- ^ 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"
- ^ Wikipedia: Cocopah people
- ^ Panoramio: Eldorado Canyon
- ^ Canyon Charlie
- ^ Queho, as described by the Queho Posse Website
- ^ 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
- ^ "Quehoe's" burial site
- ^ Queho laid to rest
- ^ Queho | the Forgotten Film Gallery
- ^ Wikipedia: Benevolent and Protective Order of Ellks
- ^ 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