The truth of this is so obvious I'm surprised the reviewer found it surprising.
But, one might object to this account, was not the American settlement conceived in sin? How can one say that Americans always sought to live freely when the earliest Puritan settlers began their "free" society by theft of Indian lands?
A truly asinine comment from the reviewer. There is no connection between the previous statement and this childish PC carping. In fact, the reviwer's PC whine is pointless in any context.
Maybe you missed his point. His review implied that others might make this claim, and then immediately refutes it.
Then again, maybe I misunderstood your comment.
If the Indians owned those lands first-Let's see the deeds, showing that the Indians bought the lands from their predecessors.