pɚswˈeɪdᵻd tə tˈeɪk ðə nˈuː "pˈiːpəlz ɹˈoʊd" ˌoʊvɚ nˈæʃᵻz pˈæs, ðeɪ fˈɑːloʊd ɐ ɹˈaʊt ˌʌp ðə nˈæʃᵻz ænd lˈɪɾəl nˈæʃᵻz ɹˈɪvɚz tə ðə mˈaʊntɪnz, lˈiːvɪŋ ðə pɹˈɛɹiz ʌv ˈiːstɚn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən bᵻhˌaɪnd ænd ɛŋkˈaʊntɚɹɪŋ nɔːɹθwˈɛst fˈɔːɹɪsts fɚðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm ɪn mˈɪdsɛptˈɛmbɚ.
Persuaded to take the new "People's Road" over Naches Pass, they followed a route up the Naches and Little Naches Rivers to the mountains, leaving the prairies of eastern Washington behind and encountering northwest forests for the first time in mid-September.