# Dan — The Innocents Abroad character guide > Dan in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Dan, Directly Dan, Daniel **First appearance:** 0005-iii ## Snapshot A companion of the narrator on the overland ride into Palestine, present at the muddy source of the Jordan where scripture shrinks to a puddle and a cannonball's range. ## Who they are Dan rides with the narrator through the oaks of Bashan to the little mound at Dan, where a broad stream issues from a pool and instantly becomes an important source of the Jordan. He shares the party's growing discovery that the Holy Land is small, wet, and stubbornly unromantic — one hour's travel inside its borders and already the historic names cluster thicker than the scenery deserves. His presence turns measurement into comedy: from Dan to Beersheba, once a mighty journey, is now a matter of miles and a well-balanced man's refusal to be convulsed. ## In the story ### [The Innocents Abroad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/the-innocents-abroad) Another companion on the voyage, part of the group's dynamic. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/vii) Accompanies the narrator and the ship's surgeon to buy kid gloves in Gibraltar. ### [Fourth of July at Sea and Arrival in Marseilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/x) Impatient with the Doctor's nonsense and the language barrier, bluntly tells the boatman to go to the pier. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xi) Laughs heartily at the comical bird in the Zoological Gardens and makes a humorous remark about it. ### [First Impressions of Paris and French Travel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xii) Mentioned as commenting on the 'discrepancies' of French railway travel. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xiii) Suggests renaming Billfinger to Ferguson. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xiv) Dan is addressed by the narrator during the embarrassing compliment incident. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xvi) Implied as part of the group touring Versailles. ### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xix) Falls asleep during billiards and struggles to ask for soap in Italian. ### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xx) Implied as part of the group; not explicitly named but present in the 'we'. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxi) Interrupts the driver's introduction of the legend with a humorous remark about Count Luigi's name. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxii) Not directly mentioned in this chapter. ### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxiii) Gets shaved by the barber and comments on the ease of the shave. ### [Ascent of Vesuvius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxx) Landed at the same spot as St. Paul in Pozzuoli. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxxii) Mentions the Oracle's remark about the butter. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxxiii) Referenced as a member of the group, though not active in this chapter's narrative. ### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxxix) Likely part of the group exploring Smyrna and participating in the discussions. ### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xl) Mentioned in the legend as one of the Seven Sleepers (Dan). ### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlii) Implied as part of the group ('the boys') who nicknamed the camp. ### [Dan, Bashan, and the Waters of Merom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlvi) One of the party; the narrator refers to the group's travel. ### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlix) Implied as part of the group; the narrator refers to 'eight armed Christians' including himself and presumably Dan. ### [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/li) Implied among the pilgrims who gallop and shoot revolvers. ### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lii) Implied as one of the pilgrims; no direct mention. ### [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/liv) Dan is one of the pilgrims, implied to be part of the group touring Jerusalem. ### [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lvi) Also caught and bruised by passing freight on the road. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/characters/dan - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/characters