Yelamu

According to anthropologists, the Yelamu people and their Ohlone neighbors arrived in the San Francisco area between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago. They lived on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in the region comprising the City and County of San Francisco before the arrival of Spanish missionaries in 1769. The first four Yelamu people who converted to Christianity were baptized by Father Palou and Father Santa Maria between 1777 and 1779. They were absorbed into the Mission San Francisco de Asís that was founded in 1776 by the Spaniards, and became some of the first "Mission Indians" in the San Francisco area. ==Villages ==

The largest of the three San Francisco groups had its winter village at Tubsinthe, near Candlestick Point and its summer home at Amuctac in Visitacion Valley. The second group moved between their summer camp at Chutchui village located along Mission Creek in the Mission and Sitlintac on the edge of Mission Bay that was filled in during the 19th century. The third community lived near Crissy Field at Petlenuc. The Yelamu/Ramai villages south of San Francisco: • Ompuromo - Southwest of Lake Merced • Timigtac - Near present day Pacifica • Pruristic - Present day Pacifica • Siplichiquin - southeast foot of San Bruno Mountain • Urebure - Present day San Bruno == References ==