Huck is able to trick his pa into thinking he was murdered. He uses some pretty mature concepts to make this happen. He floats down the river and lands on a large island and sets up camp. Huck realizes he is not alone on the island and discovers Jim, one of Miss Watson’s household slaves. Jim is superstitious and at the mercy of Huck, being a runaway slave, but he is also intelligent and knows Huck wishes to be undiscovered as well. huck and jim rely on one another and are feeling content on the island. When Huck gets bored, he dresses like a girl (stemming from clothing they scrounged from a house that was floating by) and goes ashore. He finds out that some men are going to search the island for Jim for a 300 dollar reward. he gets back to jim and they leave the island by way of a canoe.