Hi again Dee, So you must have driven past our front door, at least you did if you came from Spring Creek to Corry. We live just inside the city limits of Corry, on the east side of town. If you had lunch at the Log Cabin on Route 6, that was built by my uncle Vere Baker. He had an ice cream parlor there when I was a teen-ager. It is now owned by my cousin Marshall Baker. In answer to your question, Blue Eye was the local Indian from whom my ancestor Henry Brooks purchased land when he came to this area. I have not been working on the Brooks line, but am relying on some sketchy information that a cousin gave me. It may be his father Stephen who came to this area and bought the land, on second thought. I see that Stephen's second wife, Hannah Geer, is buried in Spring Creek, PA. The Brooks line is English. It is believed, according to the information that I have, that his [and my] immigrant ancestors, Stephen, John, and Henry Brooks came to America from England about 1660. We are descended from Henry, who was born in Cheshire, England in 1639. Incidently, I have some of John Brook's prescriptions for family remedies, but have never tried them! I will try to post this to the Warren Co. list. Maybe there are some Brooks researchers out there who have better information than I do. Anyway, now you know the local legend of Blue Eye. Isn't it amazing that people can live all their lives in an area and never learn the interesting local lore such as the origin of the name Blue Eye?!! Edia Silvis -----Original Message----- From: Dee Davidson <jcricket@cecomet.net> To: Edia Monroe Silvis <ediasilvis@tbscc.com> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 5:24 AM Subject: Re: BLUE EYE Road >Hi >Thank You, I knew it must have something to do with Indians also and of course >blue eyes, It was just one of those things I had to find out.I am a very >curious person. >We were in the area Sunday, and had lunch at the Log Cabin, asked several old >timers there, and we also went the length of the road and stopped when we saw >anyone outside,No one knew, but one old gentleman said, " Maybe someone with >blue eyes lived here" >Was the person with the "blue eye" and chief, this Henry Brooks? Or he just >settled in the area. >I do also have a medicine woman in my family, my G G Grandmother, >Mar Le Ah Moulton Kanistanaux, was a travelling medicine woman who was born >1824 in Canada, and died 1900 in Stockton, Chautauqua co NY > >This should be posted back to the list, will you do it? >Thank you and I shall let you know if anyone else responds. >Dee >Edia Monroe Silvis wrote: > >> Hi Dee, >> >> Oh yes, not problem at all. Someone does know. "Blue Eye" was the name of >> the Indian chief from which one of my how many times great-grandfathers, a >> man named Henry Brooks (1809-1864), moved to this area and bought 5,000 >> acres of land in the area now known as "Brooks Hill". This is south of >> Route 6 in Freehold Township, Warren Co. If you have a map of Pennsylvania, >> you will see the village of Wrightsville. It is south by south-east of >> there. Brooks Rocks is shown on the map that I have of the area in the >> Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. >> >> Henry Brooks and his son John were herb doctors. They learned many recipes >> from the local Indians. Some of the mortars and pestles they used to grind >> the herbs are still in our family. My maternal grandmother, who was a >> Brooks, used one to grind coffee beans. I remember seeing her do that when >> I was a child. [I am now 65]. >> >> Blue Eye Road goes up the hill from Spring Creek, off route 426. That's >> more or less the opposite (south) side of Brooks Hill. >> >> The reason the Indian was called "Blue Eye" was because he had one blind >> eye which had lost its natural dark pigmentation and turned blue. >> Somewhere in the area I have seen a sign advertizing some business. I think >> it is Blue Eye Inn, which I think is in Pittsfield. Pictured on the sign >> is an Indian with a blue eye, so I am not the only person around here who >> knows something about this. BTW, I live in Corry. >> >> So now you know as much as I know about it. Let me know if anyone else >> responds to your question. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Mr. Edia Silvis >> >> P.S. My grandmother who was Frances Brooks, married Edia Baker, for whom I >> am named. His first name has come down through many generations in our >> family, and has its origin in Scotland. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dee Davidson <jcricket@cecomet.net> >> To: PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com <PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:22 PM >> Subject: BLUE EYE Road >> >> >Hi All >> >Can anyone tell me the origin of the name for BLUE EYE ROAD in Warren >> >Co PA, near West SpringCreek PA? I must solve this., it is so wonderful >> >a name.but no one who lives there knows why??? >> >Dee >> > >