The Adventures of Texas Pete: The Road to Freedom: Book One

By Stephen C. Webb

The lesson of “treating others the way you want others to treat you” is brought to light in The Adventures of Texas Pete: Road to Freedom. This is the first book in the Adventures of Texas Pete series and is an exciting adventure of how Texas Pete and his grandfather help three Indian boys find freedom from being captive on a reservation. Long ago, during cowboy days, not everyone enjoyed the freedoms that Texas Pete and his grandfather enjoyed in America. Texas Pete felt this was wrong and wanted the three Indian boys to be free like he was.

Road to Freedom takes you from how Pete gets his nickname Texas Pete to a treasure discovered in his schoolyard. There is an Indian attack, a bullwhip, secret passages to a hidden Indian tribe, and many other parts to this exciting first adventure of Texas Pete.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638147442

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The Adventures of Texas Pete

The Road to Freedom: Book One

Stephen C. Webb

ISBN 978-1-63814-743-5 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63814-745-9 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-63814-744-2 (Digital)

Copyright © 2021 Stephen C. Webb

All rights reserved

First Edition

Illustrated by Paul Barber

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Berean Baptist Church for the many years of teaching the kids in Children’s Church. Texas Pete began as a way to emphasize the object lessons and has now become a book series. Thanks to Pastor Mike Eleveld, Pastor Bill Abernathy, and Pastor Jim Galvin for the freedom to have fun teaching the kids.

My wife, Robin, has been a constant source of loving encouragement, we are a team, and Robin is a huge part of my success. Our marriage is like a cord of three strands; God is the third strand that binds us together. He has helped us to manage through difficult times and has blessed us in all the times.

To all the helpers: Sydney Bagnall, my first editor, who encouraged me to write with more detail; Paul Barber, my friend and illustrator—thanks for putting up with all my ideas and changes.

Most importantly, I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Without Him, I can do nothing; with Him, I can do all things!

To all the children I have had the honor to teach over thirty years, your excitement and zeal for life have fueled the stories of Texas Pete. Thanks for keeping Mr. Steve young.

Miss Little in Road to Freedom is named after my fourth-grade teacher from Trent Academy. Mrs. Little was so caring and worked so hard with me. Thank you, Jeanette Little.

To all those that have prayed for me and this project, I can’t thank you enough. God is so good, and He uses common people to conquer big obstacles to see His will accomplished. This project was a victory for all of the prayer warriors. To God be the glory. The first book is finished! God willing there will be many more.

Introduction

The Adventures of Texas Pete

Howdy, everyone! Let me tell you about my friend, Texas Pete. Well, he is a friend I never met. Let me explain. Texas Pete lived around the end of the 1800s. He was twelve years old at the close of the War Between the States, a troubling time when native Indians were being rounded up and placed on reservations. This was the way settlers stole their land and why many Indians died fighting the invaders who broke the peace treaties to take more land. I have heard the stories of my great-great-grandfather Texas Pete my entire life. First, the stories were bedtime stories used to end the day with my father. As I grew, the stories would come out while we were just outside or after supper. I began to realize that the stories were our family history being passed down to me in a way I would never forget. Oral tradition is the official term for the stories I was being told. Family history being told from generation to generation is what they were technically, but they were also some of the best stories I have ever heard.

His real name was Pete, Texas Pete was his nickname. How Pete got his nickname is a good story that I will tell you another day. Texas Pete was average in size, with haystack-like, thick, and bushy blond hair. His eyes would remind you of a deep blue-and-green-colored brook, you could almost see the shimmer of the moving water in the blue-green of his eyes. They were active as well, and his power of observation was close to that of an eagle. He was also very strong and capable for a young man of age twelve, always finishing his chores with time left to fish or daydream, if the fish were not biting.

Texas Pete was a fine young Christian and was not shy about sharing what he believed. Texas Pete had not been a Christian very long, and he was very excited about the change that had occurred in his heart, a change that only God could have made.

Texas Pete’s adventures started at a young age, too young to have a gun or even a big knife. On one of his adventures, he learned that his grandfather used a whip instead of a gun when he was younger. It was on this adventure that Texas Pete was given his grandfather’s whip.

The whip was black with a thick braided handle down to the very tip, which was over eight feet long. The cracking end of the whip was braided down until it was only one strand of leather, this is what made the whip crack or pop so loud. I’m here to tell you that no man has ever been as good with a whip as Texas Pete was when he grew up. Some of the things he had done with his whip were amazing. Why? He had knocked guns out of bad guys’ hands, and one time he even deflected a speeding bullet with his whip. Texas Pete had popped mountain lions on the nose to convince them that they really didn’t want to eat him. He had knocked flying arrows and even tomahawks from very angry Indians. Wow! Texas Pete could make the whip pop so loud that the meanest bad guy would think twice about messing with him. If they did decide to bully Texas Pete, a hard pop to their tailbone usually changed their mind. Did I mention that Texas Pete was good with his whip? Well, he was so good that he could use it to cut poisonous snakes in half and then swing from a branch using the whip like a vine. If it could be thought of, I am sure that Texas Pete had done it with his whip. He always had it close at hand and never went anywhere without it.

Tales of Texas Pete and his whip had spread far and wide, and many a bad guy had changed his mind about messing with Texas Pete because of the stories they had heard. Would you like to hear some of these stories about my great-great-grandfather Texas Pete? Well, I just happen to know some…

Chapter 1

Texas City: Pete’s Beginnings

Pete was his name, but he liked Texas Pete better. Nicknames are fun, and Pete liked the name Texas Pete a lot! He liked his nickname for two reasons: The first reason was because Texas City was where he was born. The second reason being that was where Pete was born the second time. No, I’m not pulling your leg. Texas Pete was born twice in Texas City!

As a young boy, Pete (before he got his nickname) was a very active boy. He learned at a very young age how much