priscan

Two-thirds of these intrepid spirits had left their bones on the field, but theirs had been the privilege of seeing the priscan glory of the wilderness.

The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894

The difficulty in defining the priscan home of the Siouan tribes is increased by its vast extent and scant peopling, by the length of the period intervening between discovery in the east and complete exploration in the west, and by the internal changes and migrations which occurred during this period.

The Siouan Indians 1882

As shown by Allen, the buffalo, "prior to the year 1800," spread eastward across the Appalachians (34) and into the priscan territory of the Siouan tribes.

The Siouan Indians 1882

While they have gentes, they have no camping circle, as their priscan habitat was in a forest region.

Siouan Sociology James Owen Dorsey 1871

The Caddo and Kichai have undoubtedly been removed from their priscan habitats, but the Wichita, judging from the survival of local names

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

-- Unlike the tribes of the Northern group, most of those of the Pacific group have removed from their priscan habitats since the advent of the white race.

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868