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He is Qua Nie a Cherokee warrior, medicine man groomed to be a chief
Qua Nie is descended from a Cherokee Chief who attended the coronation of King George II, a Scottish trader and an Englishman who fought under Washington in the Revolutionary war.
He is Benjamin Franklin Adair as a frontier trader
He is Benjamin Franklin Goss as a California businessman
He is adept at foiling ambushers and fierce in battle
Qua Nie decides to follow the tracks of Jedediah Smith’s second visit to Californio and back through Oregon and the Rockies. This takes him through the turbulent period at the end of the Mexican-American War, the creation of the state of California and the gold rush He attracts men and women who share parts of his life and travels. The three cultures he moves between leave him confused but he perseveres. There are plenty of what he calls ‘scavengers’ who plague him from the Tennessee River to Tucson and in California and Oregon. He founds the town of Cherokee, California, among other accomplishments.
Atskili: The Secret Paths of the Cherokee Book One of the Qua Nie Saga
. This novel begins in the year 1838 and closes in 1847 after his having survived the Trail of Tears and before he begins his Wander Years. Most of this story centers around his mother, Atskili, and her ancestors and their attempts to assimilate the European traditions in order to transcend them. It includes a mysterious, perhaps Belgian, perhaps Jesuit, who briefly creates an Empire for the Cherokees in the late 1730s and who relies on his own version of Free Masonry, Rosicrucianism and Tantric sex to hold his Empire together. This book is occasionally peopled by the Nunnehi, Cherokee version of the immortals, the little folk and the little water folk and their version of the mystical and magical.
The Qua Nie Saga: Books Two to Five -Tracking Jedediah Smith are available as a combined paperback or as separate EBooks.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Two - Talking Rock to Tucson
This novel takes Qua Nie through the turbulent last months of the Mexican-American War and the resulting change from the Mexican state of Californio to the American state of California. It is a bloody time full of greedy men even before gold was discovered. He is joined by cousins, a Cherokee medicine man and a former mountain man. The three cultures he moves between leave him confused but he perseveres. There are plenty of what he calls ‘scavengers’ who plague him from the Tennessee River to Tucson and in California and Oregon. His major problem is the Mexican-American war, which he wants to avoid. He meets Kit Carson who gives him sound advise and support while they are in Taos. This book ends just before they get to Californio.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Three: San Francisco and The Gold Fields
The time is the first months of the California Gold Rush. Qua Nie and his cousins arrive in San Diego four days after the Sutter’s Mill discovery was announced. He uses the skills he learned running trading posts to create a business empire and tplans go on to Oregon before the hordes arrive. There are greedy men who attack them and two beautiful women to spice up the adventure, including Jedediah Smith’s indian daugther. He continues to pass for White at times and to claim his Cherokee heritage at others. He creates an enclave of his family and friends near Calistoga before setting off for Oregon. He also meets a huge Samoan who joins him on his spiritual questing and becomes a life-long friend.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Four: Oregon and the Snake River
The time is the summer of 1849 just as the California Gold Rush is beginning. Qua Nie and his Samoan friend Uriah are traveling the Jedediah Smith trail from Fort Umpqua on the Oregon coast to meet with his cousin Albert and the Cherokee medicine man Adoni at the Willamette River.They travel with men from the Maidu and Nez Perce trip to the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers for a week of rituals and dances. Members of the Cree, Wampanum and several other tribes believe that the mystic Kuk-Kia can drive the white man from their lands. Ghost Shirt dances is what this kind of ceremony was called in later years. The dances conclude with an erotic, fertility dance related to the Cherokee Green Corn dance.
Along the way there are ambushes and gun fights with greedy men, both European and Indian.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Five: Mount Shasta to Calistoga
Qua NIe, Uriah, Adoni and Albert participate in the Maidu ceremonies at Mount Shasta as part of their spiritual search. One Maidu clan leads them to a secret gold vein that becomes Cherokee, California. Qua Nie returns to Calistoga to find many changes have happened. He has a son by Jedediah Smith’s daughter. In building both his businesses and the new town of Cherokee, he continues to shift from his Scots trader role to his Cherokee warrior and mystic role. This novel ends with Qua Nie and Uriah resuming the re-tracing of the Jedediah Smith Trail and they leave for Coulter’s Hell, now known as Yellowstone Park.
Qua Nie is descended from a Cherokee Chief who attended the coronation of King George II, a Scottish trader and an Englishman who fought under Washington in the Revolutionary war.
He is Benjamin Franklin Adair as a frontier trader
He is Benjamin Franklin Goss as a California businessman
He is adept at foiling ambushers and fierce in battle
Qua Nie decides to follow the tracks of Jedediah Smith’s second visit to Californio and back through Oregon and the Rockies. This takes him through the turbulent period at the end of the Mexican-American War, the creation of the state of California and the gold rush He attracts men and women who share parts of his life and travels. The three cultures he moves between leave him confused but he perseveres. There are plenty of what he calls ‘scavengers’ who plague him from the Tennessee River to Tucson and in California and Oregon. He founds the town of Cherokee, California, among other accomplishments.
Atskili: The Secret Paths of the Cherokee Book One of the Qua Nie Saga
. This novel begins in the year 1838 and closes in 1847 after his having survived the Trail of Tears and before he begins his Wander Years. Most of this story centers around his mother, Atskili, and her ancestors and their attempts to assimilate the European traditions in order to transcend them. It includes a mysterious, perhaps Belgian, perhaps Jesuit, who briefly creates an Empire for the Cherokees in the late 1730s and who relies on his own version of Free Masonry, Rosicrucianism and Tantric sex to hold his Empire together. This book is occasionally peopled by the Nunnehi, Cherokee version of the immortals, the little folk and the little water folk and their version of the mystical and magical.
The Qua Nie Saga: Books Two to Five -Tracking Jedediah Smith are available as a combined paperback or as separate EBooks.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Two - Talking Rock to Tucson
This novel takes Qua Nie through the turbulent last months of the Mexican-American War and the resulting change from the Mexican state of Californio to the American state of California. It is a bloody time full of greedy men even before gold was discovered. He is joined by cousins, a Cherokee medicine man and a former mountain man. The three cultures he moves between leave him confused but he perseveres. There are plenty of what he calls ‘scavengers’ who plague him from the Tennessee River to Tucson and in California and Oregon. His major problem is the Mexican-American war, which he wants to avoid. He meets Kit Carson who gives him sound advise and support while they are in Taos. This book ends just before they get to Californio.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Three: San Francisco and The Gold Fields
The time is the first months of the California Gold Rush. Qua Nie and his cousins arrive in San Diego four days after the Sutter’s Mill discovery was announced. He uses the skills he learned running trading posts to create a business empire and tplans go on to Oregon before the hordes arrive. There are greedy men who attack them and two beautiful women to spice up the adventure, including Jedediah Smith’s indian daugther. He continues to pass for White at times and to claim his Cherokee heritage at others. He creates an enclave of his family and friends near Calistoga before setting off for Oregon. He also meets a huge Samoan who joins him on his spiritual questing and becomes a life-long friend.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Four: Oregon and the Snake River
The time is the summer of 1849 just as the California Gold Rush is beginning. Qua Nie and his Samoan friend Uriah are traveling the Jedediah Smith trail from Fort Umpqua on the Oregon coast to meet with his cousin Albert and the Cherokee medicine man Adoni at the Willamette River.They travel with men from the Maidu and Nez Perce trip to the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers for a week of rituals and dances. Members of the Cree, Wampanum and several other tribes believe that the mystic Kuk-Kia can drive the white man from their lands. Ghost Shirt dances is what this kind of ceremony was called in later years. The dances conclude with an erotic, fertility dance related to the Cherokee Green Corn dance.
Along the way there are ambushes and gun fights with greedy men, both European and Indian.
The Qua Nie Saga: Book Five: Mount Shasta to Calistoga
Qua NIe, Uriah, Adoni and Albert participate in the Maidu ceremonies at Mount Shasta as part of their spiritual search. One Maidu clan leads them to a secret gold vein that becomes Cherokee, California. Qua Nie returns to Calistoga to find many changes have happened. He has a son by Jedediah Smith’s daughter. In building both his businesses and the new town of Cherokee, he continues to shift from his Scots trader role to his Cherokee warrior and mystic role. This novel ends with Qua Nie and Uriah resuming the re-tracing of the Jedediah Smith Trail and they leave for Coulter’s Hell, now known as Yellowstone Park.
