# The Oreillons — Candide character guide

> The Oreillons in Candide by Voltaire.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Oreillons

**First appearance:** 0017-xvi-adventures-of-the-two-travellers-with-two-girls-two-monkeys-and-the-savages-called-oreillons

## Who they are

A tribe of South American savages who capture Candide and Cacambo but later befriend them.

## In the story

### [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)

Capture Candide and Cacambo, planning to eat them as Jesuits, but release them after verifying Cacambo's story.

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