Word: 7th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Buckingham Palace, just as she might have in some U.S. Middletown, the heiress to the throne had her own troop of Girl Guides, the 7th Westminster Company, organized by children of Palace staffers. The Queen gave the girls a company flag, and in time Elizabeth worked her way up to be patrol leader-"a distinction," her official biographers carefully point out, "achieved only through merit." At Windsor Elizabeth was the Bosun of the Kingfisher Patrol of the Sea Rangers (seagoing Guides), and woe betide any Ranger who came aboard the flagship (a whaleboat presented by King George) like a landlubber...
Registration for the groups will be held in the dining halls on February 7th, and at the same time a tentative list of discussion topics will be submitted for student choice. Among those proposed will be "Governments in the Postwar World," Ideas in Modern Philosophy," and "Race and Religious Prejudices...
...West up the Yellowstone to the Big Horn River, then up to the Little Big Horn. There the Far West tied for safety's sake to an island in midstream rather than the shore, for Crazy Horse and his Sioux were known to be somewhere around. The 7th U.S. Cavalry drew fresh supplies from the hold of the Far West, galloped off under command of a dashing, handsome 37-year-old brevet major general who wore a flowing red tie and had distinguished himself at Gettysburg...
...morning while fishing they saw a mounted Indian burst through the brush on the water's edge. He pulled up his sweating pony, signaled with his carbine that he was friendly. They looked again and saw that he was a Crow known as Curley, one of the 7th Cavalry's native scouts. Curley hurried aboard the Far West, immediately gave way to "the most violent demonstrations...
...Annihilation. His message was soon clear enough. The dashing young general, hoping to envelop Crazy Horse, had split his regiment into three parts. But there had been a "sad and terrible" mixup. One part of the 7th had been attacked before the others joined it. It had been annihilated. The other two had then been heavily engaged, until the Sioux broke off and retreated victoriously toward the Big Horn Mountains...