In late 1846, Rudolph Friederich Kurz, a young and idealistic Swiss artist, came to the United States to study and paint American Indians.
While living among fur traders and Indians of numerous tribes, Kurz filled a sketchbook and kept.
Company (commonly known as the American Fur Company) and traveled northward on the Missouri River to work as a clerk at Fort Berthold and Fort Union in present-day North Dakota.
Because he also had to earn a living, he signed on with the Pierre Chouteau Jr.
In late 1846, Rudolph Friederich Kurz, a young and idealistic Swiss artist, came to the United States to study and paint American Indians