1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class. It's a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eaves and you're listening to 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class, a podcast where we build 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: the time machine and all you have to do is 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: hop in. Today is February seventy. The day was February 6 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: seventeen thirty eight. The Zulu massacre of Ford Chekkers in 7 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: Quasalu Natal resulted in the death of hundreds of people. 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: The Zulu are a Bantu ethnic group made up of 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: people who live mostly in the province of Quasalu Natal. 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: The Zulu were known for being efficient and skilled warriors, 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: and their kingdom grew significantly under the leadership of Shaka 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: in the early nineteenth century. Shaka was assassinated in his 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: brother dan Gone, then took the throne. Dn Gon was 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: king at the time of the math occur. Four Trekkers 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: were boars who took part in the Great Trek, a 16 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: migration of the Dutch and their descendants from the British 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: Cape Colony into the interior of present day South Africa 18 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: starting at eighteen thirty four. The Four Trekkers sought land 19 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: and colonization and looked to get away from British rule. 20 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: As they did so, they came into conflict with indigenous 21 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: people living in the places they were invading. In the 22 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: eighteen thirty seven four trekker Pete Retif met with ding 23 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: Gon to negotiate a land deal. Ding Gon may have 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: agreed to grant him land providing the four trekkers retrieve 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: a herd of cattle that was stolen. He also may 26 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: have required the boars to recover the cattle before he 27 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: agreed to any deal. Retif ended up finding the cattle 28 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: and bringing back some of the herd to Dingan in 29 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: early eighteen thirty eight. It's unclear exactly why, but dan 30 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: Gon ordered the Zulus to kill Retief and the rest 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: of his party. Following this massacre, ding Gon sent a 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: group of armed men or MPs to kill the rest 33 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: of the four Chekers, who were camped out nearby at 34 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: sites along the Bushman River. The Zulus killed more than 35 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: two hundred four trekkers and around two hundred and fifty 36 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: people of other ethnic groups who accompanied the four trekkers, 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: according to estimates. The town of Venin, a Dutch word 38 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: for webbed, was established months after the massacre. Through the 39 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: rest of the year the Zulus continued to clash with 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: the Four Chekkers. The Four Trekers responded to the massacre 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: with a raid against the Zulu, but they were attacked 42 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: by Zulu warriors at if Leni. Continued conflict led to 43 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: the Battle of Blood River on December six, eight thirty eight. 44 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: Andre's pratorious led the Four Trekker forces into Zulu land. 45 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: For the battles, the voor Chekers were way outnumbered, with 46 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: hundreds of them versus and estimated tens of thousands of 47 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: Zulu warriors, but the Four Drekers won the battle and 48 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: soon proclaimed the short lived Natalia Republic. Dana's brother Ponde 49 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: sided with the Four Trekkers and garnered the ally ship 50 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: of thousands of MPs to overtake Dangan. A civil war 51 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: broke out within the Zulu nation with the joint forces 52 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: of Ponde and Pretorious Dingan was overthrown. The Zulu king 53 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: fled but was soon assassinated. Ponde sided with an Italia 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: Republic until it was annexed by the British in eighteen 55 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: forty three. At that point, Ponde allied with the British 56 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: Bowers began celebrating December sixt as Dingan's Day after the 57 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: Battle of Blood River, then as Day of the Valve. 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: The public holiday was later renamed the Day of Reconciliation. 59 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: I'm Eves Deafcote and hopefully you know a little more 60 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: about history today than you did yesterday. You can find 61 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at t d i 62 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: h C Podcast, and you can email us at this 63 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: Day at I media dot com. I hope you enjoyed 64 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: today's episode. We'll be back tomorrow with another one. 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