▁the ▁nearest ▁block house ▁where ▁there ▁were ▁soldiers ▁station ed . ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁soldiers ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁found ▁R uff ner ' s ▁body ▁in ▁the ▁yard . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁shot ▁twice , ▁scal ped , ▁and ▁had ▁several ▁fingers ▁cut ▁off , ▁pres umably ▁by ▁a ▁tom ah awk . ▁Inside ▁the ▁house , ▁they ▁found ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁the ▁Z immer ▁family , ▁also ▁scal ped ▁and , ▁in ▁Kate ' s ▁case , ▁with ▁a ▁nearly - se ver ed ▁arm . ▁The ▁family ▁had ▁pres umably ▁served ▁a ▁me al ▁to ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁still ▁laid ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁table . ▁ ▁The ▁Native ▁Americans ▁involved ▁were ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁Gre ent own ▁Native ▁Americans ▁who ▁had ▁avoided , ▁or ▁escaped , ▁res ett lement . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁if ▁any ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁murder ed ▁in ▁the ▁attack . ▁ ▁Three ▁possible ▁reasons ▁have ▁been ▁given ▁for ▁why ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁attacked ▁the ▁Z imm ers . ▁First , ▁it ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁ret ribution ▁for ▁the ▁events ▁at ▁Gre ent own . ▁Second , ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were ▁angry ▁with ▁Mr . ▁Z immer ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁tied ▁cla p boards ▁to ▁the ▁t ails ▁of ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ' ▁pon ies ▁when ▁they ▁repeatedly ▁got ▁into ▁his ▁corn ▁fields . ▁Finally , ▁the ▁attack ▁was ▁a ▁rob ber y ▁because ▁the ▁Z imm ers ▁were ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁well - to - do . ▁ ▁After