# Jake Packard — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn character guide

> Jake Packard in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Packard

**First appearance:** 0014-xii

## Who they are

One of the robbers on the wrecked steamboat Walter Scott.

## In the story

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huckleberry_finn_se/chapters/xii)

One of the criminals on the wreck. He argues with Bill about whether to kill Jim Turner, ultimately deciding against it.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huckleberry_finn_se/chapters/xiii)

One of the murderers on the wreck; he and Bill take the skiff but leave it briefly, allowing Huck and Jim to escape.

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