Qualla: Shenandoah Valley https://qualla.com/shenandoah-valley en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Shenandoah Valley https://qualla.com/shenandoah-valley Shenandoah Valley: Introduction https://qualla.com/shenandoah-valley/ There is a story that may be the truth or may be the legend, but the Oneida Nation tells it as history. During the brutal winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, when George Washington's Continental Army was starving, the Oneida chief Skenandoa - an Iroquois leader who had broken with the other Six Nations to support the Americans - sent men south carrying bushels of dried corn. An Oneida woman named Polly Cooper traveled with them and stayed weeks teaching the desperate soldiers how to prepare the corn properly without poisoning themselves. Martha Washington gave her a shawl in thanks; it is still held by Cooper's descendants. Many Oneida believe Washington later named the river and valley west of the Blue Ridge for Chief Skenandoa - the man whose people, he believed, had saved his army.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/shenandoah-valley-wp/dnzg-shenandoah-valley-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Shenandoah Valley: A Name with Many Stories https://qualla.com/shenandoah-valley/ The actual etymology of Shenandoah is uncertain. Native American etymologists have proposed multiple sources - Schin-han-dowi meaning River Through the Spruces, On-an-da-goa meaning River of High Mountains, an Iroquois word for Big Meadow. A widely-circulated romantic interpretat...

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