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The Montour family was a family of Native American and French descent which was prominent in colonial New York and Pennsylvania before and during the American Revolution. Because of the Iroquois practice of reckoning descent through the female line the family is known as "Montour" after the matriarch. ==Madam Montour== (詳細はTrois-Rivières, Quebec, the daughter of Pierre Couc and Marie Mitouamegoukoue, an Algonquin. She was apparently married three times, the last to an Oneida named Caronduwanen (Karontowá:nen—''Big Tree''), who later took the name "Robert Hunter" after the Governor of New York whom he met at the Albany Conference of 1711. By Caronduwanen Madam Montour had at several children: * Andrew (''Sattelihu'') * Margaret, known as ''French Margaret'' * a daughter, who may have been named Catherine * Lewis (''Tau-weson'') * Henry (most sources say Henry and Andrew were the same person: "Andrew Montour who by the name of Henry Montour,"—from his land grant) Her husband was killed about 1729 in battle with the Catawba; after his death of her husband the family moved to Ostenwacken, on the Chenasky (Loyalsock Creek), now Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. She served as interpreter on several occasions, notably Albany in 1711, and Philadelphia in 1727. Her skills were highly valued such that in 1719 the Commissioners for Indian Affairs in Albany decreed that she should receive "a man's pay."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montour family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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