The Qua Nie Saga: Tracking Jedediah Smith

He is Qua Nie among the Cherokee. He is Benjamin Franklin Adair as a frontier trader He is Benjamin Franklin Goss as a California businessman Trained as a warrior, medicine man and trader 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.