Renee, I'm pretty sure it was the "friendly Indian" for whom we were named. I recommend you read "That Dark and Bloody River" by Allan W. Eckert. It is an EXCELLENT accounting of the Indian/White struggles all over Pennsylvania, the OH River Valley, etc. He did a tremendous amount of research and wrote it like a journal/novel, so it makes for interesting reading. Chief Bald Eagle (the friendly one) had his "Nest," or settlement, at the junction of Spring Creek and Bald Eagle Creek, on the flat at Milesburg. Charles Lucas (1789-1874) wrote in 1872 that the Indians were all gone from the site by the time he was a boy -- but, in the early part of the 19th century, he was in Ohio looking for work (having walked that far on foot), when he came across the last of the Indians as they were being herded west from OH by the government. One told him that he was the last one of the settlement who lived at Bald Eagle's Nest, and told him the exact site. We therefore know, beyond a doubt, where the settlement was located, and I believe in recent years artifacts were found there. It is a most fascinating history. Somewhere here I have Charles Lucas' account. Here 'tis: An article in the DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN of Fri. 2 Feb 1872 reads: "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." I believe the latter statement is probably true. Centre County contributed a number of its sons to the war effort on Lake Erie in 1812, and it is said we sent up many a load of iron to help build the supplies for Commodore Perry. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, BAHS Class of 2003 Student Representative, BASD 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"