In Indian Territory, Union and Confederate Native American troops clash at the Battle of Chusto-Talasah

Near Bird Creek in the Indian Territory, opposing forces made up almost entirely of rival Native American tribes clashed in a small but fiercely fought battle, now known as the Battle of Chusto-Talasah.  Unionists of the Creek and Seminole tribes under Chief Opothleyahola were driven from entrenched positions by Chocktaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee Confederates, supported by Texas Cavalry.  Casualties numbered no more than a dozen killed on each side on a battleground five miles from present-day Tulsa, Oklahoma. (By John Osborne)