﻿FRIEDEICH 
  KUEZ 
  BUSHNELL. 
  527 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  1 
  the 
  party 
  reached 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Cheyenne 
  and 
  

   there 
  found 
  " 
  great 
  blocks 
  of 
  ice 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  boughs 
  of 
  trees 
  along 
  

   the 
  shore." 
  Two 
  days 
  later 
  they 
  arrived 
  at 
  Fort 
  Pierre, 
  and 
  all 
  

   during 
  the 
  day 
  had 
  " 
  seen 
  groups 
  of 
  antelopes 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   river." 
  May 
  4: 
  

  

  Have 
  had 
  to 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  fort 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  violent 
  storm. 
  Our 
  cabin 
  was 
  

   broken 
  to 
  pieces, 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  to 
  put 
  up 
  a 
  tent 
  in 
  its 
  place. 
  

  

  They 
  left 
  Fort 
  Pierre 
  on 
  May 
  5, 
  and 
  that 
  day 
  " 
  found 
  the 
  aban- 
  

   doned 
  forts, 
  Lookout 
  and 
  Nedeune, 
  already 
  in 
  ruins." 
  Two 
  days 
  later 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  overtook 
  Decoteaux, 
  Sarpj^'s 
  clerk 
  from 
  L'Eau 
  Qui 
  Court, 
  in 
  his 
  long 
  

   skin 
  boat, 
  and 
  got 
  some 
  fish 
  from 
  him. 
  While 
  eating 
  supper 
  we 
  passed 
  L'Eau 
  

   Qui 
  Court. 
  

  

  Thus 
  they 
  continued 
  to 
  float 
  and 
  row 
  down 
  the 
  rushing 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Missouri, 
  passing 
  many 
  places 
  already 
  known. 
  During 
  the 
  morn- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  May 
  11 
  they 
  reached 
  Belle 
  Vue 
  where, 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  day, 
  they 
  

   went 
  aboard 
  the 
  ,*S'ii^. 
  Paul^ 
  which 
  landed 
  them 
  safely 
  in 
  St. 
  Louis 
  on 
  

   the 
  25th 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  Kurz 
  remained 
  in 
  St. 
  Louis 
  some 
  weeks, 
  not 
  having 
  any 
  very 
  defi- 
  

   nite 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  future. 
  But 
  he 
  decided 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  Bern, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  left 
  St. 
  Louis 
  on 
  August 
  11, 
  when, 
  so 
  he 
  wrote 
  in 
  his 
  

   journal: 
  

  

  The 
  stagecoach 
  stopped 
  at 
  the 
  hotel 
  for 
  me. 
  We 
  crossed 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   ceeded 
  rapidly 
  across 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  Illinois. 
  With 
  heavy 
  heart 
  I 
  took 
  leave 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  of 
  Cahokia. 
  

  

  After 
  an 
  absence 
  of 
  about 
  six 
  years 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  

   Bern, 
  Switzerland, 
  September 
  24, 
  1852. 
  

  

  Kurz 
  returned 
  home 
  ill 
  and 
  weakened, 
  and 
  some 
  months 
  passed 
  

   before 
  he 
  regained 
  health 
  and 
  strength. 
  Then 
  he 
  devoted 
  much 
  time 
  

   to 
  his 
  chosen 
  work 
  and 
  produced 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  finished 
  pictures, 
  in 
  

   water 
  color 
  and 
  oil, 
  from 
  Lis 
  sketches 
  taken 
  back 
  from 
  America. 
  

   One 
  of 
  his 
  water 
  colors 
  made 
  after 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  Bern 
  is 
  reproduced 
  

   in 
  Plate 
  8. 
  This 
  bears 
  the 
  legend 
  : 
  " 
  Scene 
  am 
  Landungplatze 
  des 
  

   Monitarri 
  Dorfes 
  am 
  Missouri," 
  and 
  is 
  signed 
  and 
  dated 
  June 
  24, 
  

   1854. 
  A 
  sketch 
  made 
  at 
  Fort 
  Berthold, 
  dated 
  July 
  17, 
  1851, 
  is 
  repro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  plate 
  for 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  water 
  color. 
  The 
  

   village 
  of 
  the 
  Hidatsa, 
  or 
  Monitarri, 
  stood 
  just 
  beyond 
  Fort 
  

   Berthold. 
  

  

  The 
  sketches 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  Swiss 
  artist 
  many 
  years 
  ago 
  are 
  

   clear 
  and 
  graphic. 
  His 
  journal 
  contains 
  many 
  notes 
  of 
  great 
  eth- 
  

   nological 
  and 
  historical 
  interest. 
  Thus 
  drawings 
  and 
  journal 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  reveal 
  the 
  appearance 
  and 
  the 
  manners 
  and 
  customs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  and 
  trappers, 
  traders, 
  and 
  engagees, 
  who 
  frequented 
  the 
  posts 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  Missouri 
  Valley 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  century 
  — 
  

   a 
  portrayal 
  of 
  a 
  phase 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  wilderness 
  that 
  belongs 
  

   to 
  the 
  past, 
  never 
  to 
  return. 
  

  

  