Alexander Hamilton Willard

During an unsuccessful search for Baker Bay as part of the Lewis and Clark experdition, Willard and George Shannon were ordered to camp out and wait for the main party.

Although Willard had redeemed himself by this point, he had previously received the harshest punishment distributed to a member of the Corps of Discovery; "Court Martial on the Trail".

The charges were lying down and sleeping at his post while on guard duty: a military crime punishable by death.

The punishment was issued on July 12, 1804, and consisted of 100 lashes divided evenly over four straight days at sunset.

In 1808, Meriwether Lewis hired him as government blacksmith for the Sauk and Fox Indians; the following year, he was appointed to the same position for the Delawares and Shawnees.