Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The two Voortrekker parties at Bloukrans and Bushmans Rivers in Natal are attacked in the early morning hours of the 17th and 41 men, 56 women, 185 children and more than 200 Black servants are massacred. Numbers of those killed vary in different sources.
Published February 10, 2012Updated September 30, 2019