the brothertown leadership led the move west so they could live in peace away from european-american influences. the brothertown joined their neighbors, some of the oneida tribe and the stockbridge-munsee, in planning the move to wisconsin. five groups of brothertown people arrived in wisconsin on ships at the port of green bay between 1831 and 1836, after having traveled across the great lakes. upon arrival, the brothertown cleared their communal land and began farming, after building a church near jericho. they also created a settlement called "eeyawquittoowauconnuck," which they later renamed as brothertown. finding that their land was fertile, the federal government soon proposed to move the brothertown west to indian territory in present-day kansas, as authorized under the indian removal act.