The first white settler in the central New York area around modern Syracuse, New York, Ephraim Webster, an interpreter of the Haudenosaunee (Onondaga (tribe) language, married a local Native American woman and was given permission to build a home (1786) in what became the hamlet of Onondaga Hollow on future Seneca Turnpike, south of the present center of Syracuse. Webster's cabin was situated west of the pond on modern Velley Drive, near an old Onondaga north-south trail. Webster also obtained consent for Asa Danforth and Comfort Tyler to settle in Onondaga Hollow (1788). Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ... The Haudenosaunee is the traditional leadership of the Iroquois Confederacy, comprised of the six Native American nations of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora. ... Onondaga is the name of some places in North America: Onondaga, Michigan Onondaga, New York Onondaga, Ontario Onondaga County, New York Onondaga Lake Onondaga Reservation, New York Onondaga Township, Michigan Other meanings: Onondaga Native American Iroquois First Nations group Onandaga Cave State Park in Leasburg, Missouri Onondaga Camp Minden,Ontario... Asa Danforth (29 June 1768 – 1821 or later) was an American Revolutionary War veteran and leading citizen of Onondaga County, as well as a highway engineer. ... Comfort Tyler, one of the original settlers of modern Syracuse, New York brought his family in spring of 1788 to what became the hamlet of Onondaga Hollow on the future Seneca Turnpike, south of the center of the modern city. ...

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