“Queen Esther — Indian friend of fiend? by Guy Abell

Esther Montour (Queen Esther), who was certainly influential in the Iroquois Nation. In fact, she seems to have been related, directly or by marriage, to several of the Five Great Indian Nations. She was the descendant of several “mixed” marriages between white settlers and Indians. Perhaps because of this, she and her relatives were frequently used by colonial governments as translators and interpreters in negotiations.

Esther was born about 1720, and married a Munsee Delaware chief named Eghobund. They lived at Sheshequin (Ulster) near Cash’s CreekEsther was born about 1720, and married a Munsee Delaware chief named Eghobund. Sources describe her as a Christian with “proper beliefs”, whatever that means, who was loyal, both to Indians, and to the English (her grandmother Madame Montour’s people). In fact, the English are the ones who gave her the title “queen.”  When Eghobund died in 1772, Queen Esther inherited the sole leadership of the Munsees.

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