Among the people of long, long ago, Old Man Coyote was the symbol of good. Mountain Sheep was the symbol of evil.Old-Man-in-the-Sky created the world. Then he drained all the water off the Earth and crowded it into the big salt holes now called the oceans. The land became dry except for the lakes and …

Near Spokane one day, Coyote and Fox were traveling together on their way north. When they reached a river, Coyote said to Fox, "I believe I'll get married. I'd like to take one of those Pend d'Oreille women for my wife."So they decided to go in search of the Chief of the Pend d'Oreilles. They …

Coyote became disturbed because he had a sick daughter. He thought Duck had done something against his children in order to make them sick. So Coyote determined to bring harm to Duck. He met Duck at a certain place and ordered that Duck should run to a point with his eyes closed. This Duck did. …