plus, bentine had a chip on his shoulder from the fact that he'd been demoted, and he believed himself to be a better officer than george armstrong custer and, perhaps, better officer than anyone else. he had quite an ego. but not that -- >> [inaudible] >> i don't believe that caused him to move slowly to little bighorn. he had been sent on by koetter on what he thought -- by custer on what he thought was a fool's mission. he believed custer did it to reap the glory for himself, but once bentine became cog think santa of the fact there was fighting going on, he picked up the pace. >> well, let's talk about custer and glory. i don't want to go into custer too much, you have a full story in here, and many people know of that story anyway, but in the civil war you write that custer instinctively knew when to charge, hold fast or retire, and you quote his head was always clear in danger, it was quoted at the time. so what happened? did he have political ambitions, perhaps to become president? is that what happened at little bighorn? >> i think that whole theory is pure nonsense. custer, at