Carolyn, The majority of the Indians left Centre County prior to 1800. The Delawares were prominent in this region; it is said Chief Bald Eagle was of this tribe. Chief Logan was a Mingo. The Shawnees and Senecas were not unheard of in the region. And I would not be surprised to hear that a Tuscarora or two was found among the bunch (as they were down around Franklin County). Thus, it was mostly the Six Nations (formerly Five Nations) who populated the area. The settlers drove most of the Indians out when they returned from the "Great Runaway" in 1784-86. We have a very interesting account from "Uncle Charles" Lucas, who was born in 1789 and died in 1874 near Milesburg, Centre County: An article in the DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN of Fri. 2 Feb 1872 read: "The Bald Eagle's Nest. -- The controversy as to where was the exact spot on which the celebrated Indian chief, Bald Eagle, located his encampment, and lived for some time near Milesburg, in this county, and which was then called the "Bald Eagle's Nest," is definitely set at rest by the following communication from 'Uncle Charles Lucas,' now of Boggs township, a venerable gentleman now in the 86th year of his age, who was one of the pioneers of civilization in this county. Mr. Lucas asserts that the "Nest" was on the spot where Spring Creek empties into the Bald Eagle, and gives as as his authority one of the Indians who was with the chief during that period that the tribe encamped and lived there. The following letter is Mr. Lucas' own words, as written down by Capt. Martin Dolan, to whom we are indebted for the transmission to us of the interesting and important facts contained in it: The Bald Eagle's Nest. -- The Bald Eagle's Nest, where was it? On the island opposite Milesburg or at the mouth of Spring Creek? I was born along the romantic Bald Eagle, two miles from the Bald Eagle's nest, but did not know exactly where it was until I went to Ohio (what was then termed the far west) in pursuit of work. I there met the last "injun" of the tribe that once encamped and lived on the mouth of Spring Creek. He told me that was the spot where lived the Chief of the tribe from which this stream (Bald Eagle) derived its name. He could tell me more about the mountains, ridges, valleys, and various creeks, then I knew. I am now 85 years of age and turning in my 86th. There is only one person living in Boggs township older than myself, namely, Colonel Barnhart. I have killed more bears, deers, wolves and panthers than any man living in the township -- wore buckskin breeches and moccasins many a day, and helped to build the vessels upon which the fleet of Commodore Perry whipt the British on Lake Erie in 1812." There were a few Indian burial grounds in the area. One of them is now a vacant field near Boalsburg; the other, just opposite the Big Spring in Bellefonte, was destroyed about 100 years ago when the hillside was dug out to put houses there. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"