Retief , his son , men , and servants , about 100 people in total , were taken to a nearby ridge , '' Hlomo amabuto '' , which means " mustering of the soldiers " . The Zulus killed the entire party by clubbing them and killed Retief last , so as to witness the deaths of his son , and his comrades . Their bodies were left on the KwaMatiwane hillside to be eaten by vultures and scavengers , as was Dingane 's custom with his enemies . Dingane then directed the attack against the Voortrekker laagers , which plunged the migrant movement into temporary disarray and in total 534 men , women and children were killed
laagers
Weenen massacre
Piet Retief