Captain Pipe, a Delaware chief, was born about 1725 in the Pennsylvania area. His American Indian name was Hopocan or Konieschquanokee. Hopocan fought the Americans during the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War, and the American Revolution, and he allied with the French during the French and Indian War. In 1763, during Pontiac's Rebellion, he was captured at Fort Pitt. After the cessation of hostilities, he settled on the Muskingum River in Ohio.

During the American Revolution, Hopocan led several raids on American settlers. In 1782, he and Buckongehelas defeated U.S. troops at Sandusky, Ohio. Of the prisoners taken, one was Colonel William Crawford, who was accused of killing peaceful Moravian Delawares in Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania. In retaliation for this act, Hopocan had him tortured and executed. This murder escalated hostilities on the western frontier.

Hopocan participated as orator and diplomat at several councils, signing treaties at Fort Pitt in 1778, Fort McIntosh, Ohio, in 1785, and at Fort Harmar in 1778. After relocating several times, Hopocan and his band settled on the upper Sandusky River in Ohio, at what became known as Captain Pipe's village. He died there in 1794.

Source: American Indians. Edited by Harvey Makowitz. Pasadena, CA/Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press Inc., 1995.