[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.

He rescinded his enlistment and joined the Third Indian Home Guards as a corporal on July 11, 1862.

This unit, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Downing, served with the Union Army.

[2] At the end of the Civil War, Utselata moved to a place on Spavinaw Creek, near the present-day town of Eucha, Oklahoma, where he established a farm.

[2] He was a Baptist deacon, preaching each Sunday at the church in Eucha in the Cherokee language.

[2] Charles Thompson died June 22, 1891, and was buried in the Indian cemetery at Eucha.