In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , the Niagara Peninsula was inhabited by the Neutral Nation , so named by the French .
They tried to remain neutral between the warring Huron and Iroquois peoples .
In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , the Niagara Peninsula was inhabited by the Neutral Nation , so named by the French because they tried to remain neutral between the warring Huron and Iroquois peoples .