I found this reference to a contemporary "Chief Shenandoah" very interesting, Shenandoah. There are many other sites for this Chief Shenandoah on Google. And here is some interesting information about the origins of the name "Shenandoah" as it applies to the Shenandoah Valley, which is over the mountain from meShenandoah Valley. Tantalizing, but no real connections to the song other than the name. If Virginians could end up in Wyoming, then they must have seen the wide Mizzouri. I find it very interesting that the song is bounded by the two rivers, and their valleys.