Thought to have been born around 1880 at Cottonwood Island near the town of Nelson, Nevada, Queho’s Cocopah mother died shortly after giving birth. Though the identity of his father remains a mystery, various theories have been presented including a Paiute brave from a neighboring tribe, a white soldier from Fort Mohave, or a Mexican miner. Though the answer to this question will never be known, Queho was an outcast from the start due to his “shameful” mixed blood. Adding to this, the boy was born with a club foot, which further caused the local tribes to reject him.
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American history is fascinating. Real history, not the crap they teach in school.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work Kenny. Thank you!
Queho... an Amigo's description of Kumalauh Harris.
ReplyDeleteNevada state history as taught in the fifth grade would have been a lot more interesting if Mr. Millward had told us things like this. To be fair, he didn't teach us about the mob's influence in Las Vegas either and the school was less than two miles from the Sahara Hotel. I had to wait until reading The Green Felt Jungle while in sixth grade.
ReplyDeleteSplit the difference. He was a bad man who did some bad things, but not everything attributed to him.
ReplyDeleteKinda like Joaquin Murrietta in California history. According to some of the legends of the time, he was pretty prolific, committing murders and robberies hundreds of miles apart on the same day.
DeleteGreat history lesson.💪
DeleteGreat history lesson.��
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