Ok I know the title is a bit odd, but what happened to me is really strange. I was in southfringe sanctum, a dungeon I rarely go to, but here I was trying to collecta book for Urag. It all seemed pretty normal, takeing out spellswords, then I attempted to kill one on a ledge, but as soon as I set upon him he raised the dead in a cage. All normal right? I never got to see the dead in the cage, but my compass labelled his dot on my compass as "pumpkin". Pumpkin? What in the world does that mean? So I slew the spellsword and the dead obviously died with him, but there was no ash pile to be found.

Can someone please explain?

Pumpkin is the name of a fox living in that cave.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Pumpkin

Ohhhh, alright. why the random named fox I don't get, but alright.

Yep, like Pluto said it's the name of the bandits' pet fox. It's also a reference to a bandit's dog from Oblivion with the same name.

Funny. I haven't seen this yet.

There's also a molerat named Pumpkin in Fallout 3 if I remember correctly.

Pumpkin won't attack you though. He just shows as hostile (red dot) and glares at you. Apparently, there are no attack animations for foxes (like sheep and deer).

The Animal in the Cage was a Chicken. The Spellswords were obviously twisted Psychopaths. There is a Quest still inside the Dungeon...

The only way to kill it is to choke it