the yelamu were a tribelet of ohlone people from the san francisco bay area in northern california. the term yelamu, or "the western people" was used by east bay ohlone to describe the ohlone people living on the san francisco peninsula. a more correct identification is ramaytush, according to an account by j.p. harrington made in 1921 by a chochenyo ohlone who identified the peninsula as "ramai". ramaytush was also the language spoken by them.