Reading Notes: American Indian Tales

 The Fairy Bride

 There was a young girl named Neen-i-zu who was the only daughter of an Indian chief lived on the shore of Lake Superior. She likes to walk by herself in the forest. Mischievous little fairies known as Puk-Wudjies were believed to inhabit the sand dunes where the girl went to walk. Her parent wanted her to marry to this hunter who is as tall as a young oak. Before the wedding, the girl went to the woods and did not return. The hunter searched for her and saw her with another young man who was not one of the tribe. The young man was dressed in leaves of the forest and took the girl's hand to enter the Sacred Grove. He was a fairy named Evergreen and the young girl became a bride after all.

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Bibliography: "American Indian Fairy Tales" by the Ojibwa and published by Henry Schoolcraft. Source.