I would like to thank Nile Robert Thompson for his article "Early history of the Shilshole-ahmish" in the August 1 edition of the "Ballard News-Tribune."

This is an important part of this area's history and of its people. There seems so little information and awareness of these people who lived in the Puget Sound area.

Again, thank you for your article from a fellow Ballard resident.

Dick LaBrash

Ballard