Multi-choice question: Same meaning?
He joined Asa Danforth and Ephraim Webster , the first whites to live there , who had obtained permission to settle there from the Onondaga .
He joined Asa Danforth and Ephraim Webster , the first whites to settle there and who had been given permission from the Onondaga to live there .

Pick from:
A). no.
B). yes.
A).