Charles Thompson | |
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| Born | Utselata, ᎤᏤᎳᏔ, in Cherokee[1] Unknown Southeastern United States |
| Died | June 22, 1891 Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | Cherokee |
| Other names | Charles Thompson |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer, Lawyer, |
| Known for | Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation |
Charles Thompson (Utselata,[1] or Oochelata also ᎤᏤᎴᏛ in Cherokee) was born to a full-blood Cherokee father and a European-American mother in the Southeastern United States. According to one writer, the mother had been kidnapped at a young age and raised by Cherokees. She never learned the identities of her real parents nor when or where she was born. As a result, she did not speak English and could communicate only in Cherokee.[2] The family migrated west to Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears, and settled near the present-day site of Lake Spavinaw, in what is now Delaware County, Oklahoma.
- ^ a b "Charles Thompson". Cherokee Nation. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Meserve, John B. "Chief Lewis Downing and Chief Charles Thompson (Oochalata.)" Chronicles of Oklahoma. Vol. 16, No. 3 September 1938. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine