# Cacambo — Candide character guide > Cacambo in Candide by Voltaire. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** The wary Cacambo, faithful Cacambo **First appearance:** 0014-xiii-how-candide-was-forced-away-from-his-fair-cun-gonde-and-the-old-woman ## Who they are Candide's quick-witted valet, half-Spanish and half-native, whose cunning and courage carry them through Jesuit wars, El Dorado, and the snares of South America. ## Relationships ### [Candide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/candide) _friendship_ Cacambo is Candide's loyal and resourceful servant-companion who helps him navigate foreign lands and dangerous situations with practical wisdom. ### [Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/cunegonde) _friendship_ Cacambo serves as a loyal messenger and protector for Cunégonde, helping to reunite her with Candide. ### [Pangloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/pangloss) _friendship_ Cacambo and Pangloss are fellow travelers in Candide's group, with Cacambo often pragmatically countering Pangloss's absurd optimism. ### [Candide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/candide) _friendship_ Cacambo is Candide's loyal and resourceful servant-companion who helps him navigate foreign lands and dangerous situations with practical wisdom. ### [Candide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/candide) _friendship_ Cacambo is Candide's loyal and resourceful servant-companion who helps him navigate foreign lands and dangerous situations with practical wisdom. ### [Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/cunegonde) _friendship_ Cacambo serves as a loyal messenger and protector for Cunégonde, helping to reunite her with Candide. ### [Pangloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/pangloss) _friendship_ Cacambo and Pangloss are fellow travelers in Candide's group, with Cacambo often pragmatically countering Pangloss's absurd optimism. ### [Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/cunegonde) _friendship_ Cacambo serves as a loyal messenger and protector for Cunégonde, helping to reunite her with Candide. ## In the story ### [Candide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/candide) Candide's loyal and resourceful servant who helps him navigate South America and escape to El Dorado. ### [XIV: How Candide and Cacambo Were Received by the Jesuits of Paraguay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xiv-how-candide-and-cacambo-were-received-by-the-jesuits-of-paraguay) Guides Candide to Paraguay, arranges their entry and breakfast. ### [XV: How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xv-how-candide-killed-the-brother-of-his-dear-cun-gonde) Helps Candide escape by disguising him in the Baron's Jesuit habit. ### [XVI: Adventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages Called Oreillons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xvi-adventures-of-the-two-travellers-with-two-girls-two-monkeys-and-the-savages-called-oreillons) Remains calm, speaks to the Oreillons in their language, and persuades them to spare Candide and himself by revealing Candide killed a Jesuit. ### [Arrival of Candide and His Valet at El Dorado, and What They Saw There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xvii-arrival-of-candide-and-his-valet-at-el-dorado-and-what-they-saw-there) Acts as interpreter and guide, suggests the river journey that leads to El Dorado, and is equally astonished by the country's customs. ### [XVIII: What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xviii-what-they-saw-in-the-country-of-el-dorado) Cacambo acts as interpreter and companion, sharing Candide's curiosity and later agreeing to leave El Dorado to return to Europe. ### [Chapter XIX: What Happened to Them at Surinam and How Candide Got Acquainted with Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xix-what-happened-to-them-at-surinam-and-how-candide-got-acquainted-with-martin) Travels with Candide to Surinam; is sent to Buenos Aires with diamonds to bribe the governor and retrieve Cunégonde. ### [XXII: What Happened in France to Candide and Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxii-what-happened-in-france-to-candide-and-martin) Mentioned as having been left in Bordeaux with the old woman, to follow Cunégonde. ### [XXIII: Candide and Martin Touched Upon the Coast of England, and What They Saw There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxiii-candide-and-martin-touched-upon-the-coast-of-england-and-what-they-saw-there) Candide trusts him to have arranged matters with Cunégonde. ### [Of a Supper Which Candide and Martin Took with Six Strangers, and Who They Were](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxvi-of-a-supper-which-candide-and-martin-took-with-six-strangers-and-who-they-were) Appears as a slave, informs Candide of Cunégonde's location, and serves one of the kings. ### [Chapter XXVII: Candide's Voyage to Constantinople](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxvii-candide-s-voyage-to-constantinople) Reunited with Candide, explains Cunégonde's enslavement and loss of beauty, and is ransomed. ### [Chapter XXIX: How Candide Found Cunégonde and the Old Woman Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxix-how-candide-found-cun-gonde-and-the-old-woman-again) Present, relating adventures and reasoning on events. ### [XXX: The Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxx-the-conclusion) Works in the garden, fatigued and cursing his destiny. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters/cacambo - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/characters