squatted

The little man was "squatted" -- that is, with legs crossed under him, after the fashion of tailors.

The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

Zu-tag squatted upon a great branch close to the bole of the tree and by loosening the girl's arms from about his neck, indicated that she was to find a footing for herself and when she had done so, he turned toward her and pointed repeatedly at the open doorway of a hut upon the opposite side of the street below them.

Tarzan the Untamed 1920

The valley was unsurveyed for the most part, and the Indians naturally felt a sort of proprietorship in it, and when Wilson drove his cattle down into the valley and "squatted," the chief, Drifting Crane, welcomed him as a host might to an abundant feast whose hospitality was presumed upon, but who felt the need of sustaining his reputation as a host, and submitted graciously.

Drifting Crane 1995

I, too, "squatted" at once, and made the dogs lie down.

Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899

In default of legal authority, in this early period, they formed squatter governments and land associations, comparable to the action of the Massachusetts men who in the first quarter of the seventeenth century "squatted" in the

The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner 1896

The ripple of events which we have recorded may seem too insignificant; of still less import is the story of the efforts of Clairborne, from 1634: to 1647, to gain, or retain possession of Kent Island, in the Chesapeake, on which he had "squatted" before Baltimore got his charter.

The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890

We found a small settlement of Friends and others who had "squatted," as it is called, on government land.

Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad; Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in Behalf of the Slave, with the Stories of Numerous Fugitives, Who Gained Their Freedom Through His Instrumentality, and Many Other Incidents 1880

Its first occupation had been by British freebooters, who "squatted" there a very few years after Jamaica fell.

The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future 1877

Men of sentiment had regard to the picturesque, and careless fellows "squatted" in the first convenient spot that presented itself.

The Settler and the Savage 1859

"That man's wife and children have come and 'squatted' down on my place," said Mr. Gordon, laughing; "and so, Nin, all you paid for his fish is just so much saving to me."

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I 1856