Common name: American Toad (Information in this Species Page was compiled by Bobby Galonski in Biology 220W, Spring 2003, at Penn State New Kensington) Bufo americanus is a very common, nocturnally active species of toad.
THE BATTLE OF BLUE WATER. S. Harney, attacked and destroyed a Lakota village located three miles north on Blue Creek. fight became known as the Battle of Blue Water, sometimes the Battle of Ash Hollow after the nearby landmark, or the Harney Massacre. The army's attack avenged the Indian annihilation of Lt. John Grattan's command near Fort. Laramie in 1854.
Blue is traditionally associated with the sea and the sky, with infinity and distance. The uniforms of sailors are usually dark blue, those of air forces lighter blue. The expression The wild blue yonder in the official song of the U.S. Air Force refers to the sky. Blue is associated with cold water taps which are traditionally marked with blue.