Oswald Justice Travaillot was a sailor from France who travelled to Oregon and the
gold fields of the
Fraser River in the 1850's. By 1858, Travaillot was well-known enough to be approved for the nomination of Assistant
Commissioner for
Thompson's River, and Fort
Yale. In the year after, Travaillot was the commissioner for
Lytton, engaged in the constrction of a building to serve as the Government House and concerning
himself with the revenue that could come from the gold in the region. It is not entirely certain how long he served in this position for; but it is known
that, “Captain” Travaillot, as he was called, died in hospital in Barkerville on 1
February 1879.