The story “Coyote and the Buffalo” is story about why there are no buffalo along the Columbia River. Coyote tricks Buffalo Bull into sparring him after he made fun of Buffalo Bull by giving him new horns. He then abused the gift that Bull had given to him in return. Bull gave Coyote a magical calf that grew back any meat that was severed off of it. Coyote got greedy with the calf and killed it to get the bone marrow he had been wanting instead. When he was about to cook the bones and fat, a woman approach and said “Why should you do woman’s work? Let me cook the bones while you rest.” Coyote was vain and flattered. “He believed she spoke her true mind.”As Coyote went to take a nap, the woman took off with the marrow and fat and taunted Coyote
