Zane.
When Jonathan had cut the string and held it up they all saw the lead bullet.Col.Zane examined it and showed them what had been rudely scratched on it.
"A letter W.Does that mean Wetzel ?" asked the Colonel.
"It means war.

It's a warning from Wetzel--not the slightest doubt of that," said Jonathan.

"Wetzel sends this because he knows we are to be attacked, and because there must have been great doubt of his getting back to tell us.

And Tige has been shot on his way home." This called the attention to the dog, which had been momentarily forgotten.

His head rolled from Betty's knee; a quiver shook his frame; he struggled to rise to his feet, but his strength was too far spent; he crawled close to Betty's feet; his eyes looked up at her with almost human affection; then they closed, and he lay still.
Tige was dead.
"It is all over, Betty.