What is a Pukwudgie?

These fae folk appear in legends from multiple tribes stretching all the way from Massachusetts to Indiana.
Pukwudgies, Goatman, and Shadow People

Salem Ghost tour guide Girl Henry Rollins has seen bizarre creatures in sepia tones.
Horror in Massachusetts

How do you picture what life was like when pilgrims and Puritans landed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? And what ghosts linger from those first few decades of trauma and bloodshed?