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At the farewell function following the signing of Retief's treaty, Piet Retief, seventy of his men and thirty mounted servants

Date: 6 February, 1838

At the farewell function following the signing of Retief's treaty, Piet Retief, seventy of his men and thirty mounted servants are killed on the orders of Zulu King Dingane at Ungungundlovu. The Trekkers are bound and taken from the enclosure to a spot where they are spiked and clubbed to death.

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