Proceedings of the “Proteus” Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883. United States. War Department. Proteus Court of Inquiry. 48th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 100. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. 1881-84 International Physical Year US Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay (led by Adolphus Greely). Arctic Reading: United States Preview p. 77, part of government inquire into the failure of the relief expedition of 1883 and the Proteus. The witness here is Lieut John C. Colwell: Read more