ˈɛmɪɡɹənts ɚɹˈaɪvɪŋ ɪn pˈoːɹtlənd, ˈɔːɹɪɡən tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi, hˌuː wˈɪʃt tə kəntˈɪnjuː nˈɔːɹθ hædtə slˈɑːɡ ˌʌp ðə mˈʌdi kˈaʊlɪts tɹˈeɪl, fˈɜːst baɪ ɹˈɪvɚ ænd ðˈɛn ˌoʊvɚlˈænd, tə ðə sˈʌðɚn ˈɛnd ʌv pjˈuːɡɪt sˈaʊnd.
Emigrants arriving in Portland, Oregon Territory, who wished to continue north had to slog up the muddy Cowlitz Trail, first by river and then overland, to the southern end of Puget Sound.