Queho

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]

Queho
Bornc. 1880
Diedc. 1919
Body discovered1940
Details
State(s)Nevada

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.[11] 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.[12] He is said to have killed his half-brother and a 100-year-old blind Indian known to Queho as Canyon Charlie.[13] Queho had a club foot,[14] which left a distinctive impression[15] when he was being trailed. He is alleged to have eluded posses[16] 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.[17] Others say he was a cold-blooded killer[18] who would do anything to stay alive and survive. Queho was blamed for the death of Maude ("Daisy") J. Douglas[19] after a search outside the cabin at the Techatticup Mine[20] in Nelson, Nevada. Settlers said Queho cursed the land. They called it "The Curse of Queho."[21] In March 1919, the reward for capturing Queho "dead or alive" increased from an initial bounty of $1,000 to $3,000.[22][23][24]

In 1940, prospectors working near the Colorado River discovered a cave containing the mummified remains[25] of the Nevada desperado. His remains were buried only after being purchased by Queho's old nemesis, Frank Wait, a law officer,[26] before being given to the Las Vegas Elks Club, who exhibited the remains at Helldorado Days.[27] District attorney Roland Wiley secured the remains and gave Queho a proper burial[28] at Cathedral Canyon, Nevada.[29]

Media portrayals

Queho was portrayed by actor Buddy Noonan in Bill Burrud's Treasure television series[30] in Part 1[31] and Part 2[32] 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". https://open.spotify.com/track/1Seqd9eIp01NBafKOONE5Z?si=iS-JLKgKR82kVrOzYWb6oA

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References
  1. Dezert Magazine: July 16, 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3
  2. Quehoe's remains
  3. Queho - Renegade Indian Outlaw of Nevada
  4. Queho in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 999
  5. Dezert Magazine, July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3
  6. Queho, Renegade Indian Outlaw
  7. 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"
  8. Queho: An Indian Outcast
  9. Speculation on Queho's lineage
  10. Pahrump Valley Times: "Serial killer came to end of the trail in Pahrump"
  11. Wikipedia: Cocopah people
  12. Panoramio: Eldorado Canyon
  13. Canyon Charlie
  14. Queho, as described by the Queho Posse Website Archived February 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  15. Queho: An Indian Outcast
  16. In Search of Queho: The Renegade Indian
  17. Queho's cave
  18. Queho the Renegade Indian
  19. In Search of Queho: The Renegade Indian - 8 News NOW
  20. Techatticup Mine
  21. The curse of Queho mentioned in The Ghost Miner's Key
  22. Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 10
  23. Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 18
  24. King Sasquatch Paranormal & Cryptozoology Blog
  25. Dezert Magazine: July 2011, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 9
  26. Queho | the Forgotten Film Gallery
  27. Wikipedia: Helldorado Days
  28. Paranormal & Ghost Society: Cathedral Canyon, Nevada
  29. Wikimapia: Cathedral Canyon, Nevada
  30. Treasure television series
  31. Queho's Secret Hideout, Part 1, of Bill Burrud's Treasure series
  32. Queho's Secret Hideout, Part 2, of Bill Burrud's Treasure series
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