wood-child

noun3

1. •
   (literary) A child that lives in the woods.

   • Rob not the Primrose! - for her pallid bloom Long by the wayside tarries, And the wood-child homeward through the deep'ning gloom In its lap, rejoicing, carries. — 1841
2. •
   A fairy or elf that inhabits the woods.

   • A woman who good-naturedly gave her breast to a crying Wood-child, was rewarded by its mother by a gift of the bark on which it was lying. — 1850
3. •
   (offensive, no longer used) A Native American or Amerindian.

   • And all the elements of earth Obeyed their high behest. And the wood-child trembled as he said, "Alabama" - here we rest. — 1855