When I recently heard about the pukwudgie, I was surprised to find very little even more modern editions of the game, and nothing for AD&D, so we plug the hole. If anyone else knows any good Native American lore I can look into, it's a direction I'm leaning these days.
https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/biweekly-monster-pukwudgie-add/
The party ended up getting a little sidetracked by a whole nest of ogres.
#playreport
https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/play-report-kotb-barrier-march-session-52-surprise-ogres/
Searching for more information about the lay of the land around the bugbear crag, the party ends up ambushing a patrol, but when the ambush doesn't get surprise, the battle is far more even than intended.