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Hopocan, approximately 1725-1794

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Personal name headingHopocan, approximately 1725-1794
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Variant(s)Captain Pipe, approximately 1725-1794
Hobocan, approximately 1725-1794
Hopocan, ca. 1725-1794
Konieschquanoheel, approximately 1725-1794
Konieshguanokee, approximately 1725-1794
Pipe, Captain, approximately 1725-1794
Associated countryDelaware Nation (To 1795)
Birth date1725~
Death date1794
Found inHopocan (Capt. Pipe) the Delaware Chieftain, 1966: p. 2 (b. in Minisink district, possibly about 1724) p. 12 (d. in 1794; some historians confuse Capt. Pipe (Hopocan) with younger Capt. Pipe (Tahunqueecoppi) and mistakenly place Hopocan as alive in 1814)
The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: (Hopocan (Captain Pipe) ca. 1725-1794; one of the Delaware's most influential war chiefs during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution; known to English-speaking people as Captain Pipe; also called by his people Konieshguanokee)
Ohio history central, via WWW, June 12, 2009 (Konieschquanoheel; also known as Captain Pipe; nickname among the Delaware was Hopocan)
OCLC, June 9, 2009 (hdgs.: Hopocan; Hopocan, Delaware chief, ca. 1725-1794; Hopocan, Delaware chief; Hopocan, Indian chief; Captain Pipe, ca. 1725-1794; Pipe, Captain, Delaware chief, d. 1794; usage: Hopocan, Captain Pipe)
United States Statutes at large, 1846: volume 7, page 16 (Articles of a Treaty Concluded at Fort M'Intosh, the twenty-first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five) page 18 (Hobocan)
Hodge. Handbook of America Indians north of Mexico, 1907-1910 (Hopocan ['tobacco] pipe') A Delaware chief, known to the whites as Captain Pipe; He was also a signer of the treaties of Ft. McIntosh, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1785)