Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Years before Dudley came to Harvard College there were in New England a number of French Huguenots driven into exile by the edict of Nantes. The story of their sufferings on account of their faith awakened the sympathy of the New Englanders. The Indian massacres, which wrought such havoc on the quiet New England settlements, were believed to be instigated by the Jesuit priests in Canada. These facts account for Judge Dudley's bitterness toward the Catholics...