The Neutrals were primarily engaged in hunting and traded with others by using animal skins. The largest group referred to themselves as Chonnonton ("Keepers of The Deer"), partly because of their practice of herding deer into pens, a strategy used while hunting. Another group, the Onguiaahra ("Near the big waters" or possibly "The Strait"), populated the more southern Niagara Peninsula and account for the origin of the word "Niagara." The Chonnonton territory contained large deposits of flint, which was a valuable resource for sharp tools, fire-starting and, eventually, firearms, which, as a primary resource, allowed them to trade simultaneously with often-warring Huron and Iroquois tribes.