text_original: At length the canoes were finished and we crossed the river, swimming over the few miserable skeletons of the French ponies we had brought along. We came to a sugar camp, and beyond it, stretching between us and Vincennes, was a sea of water. Here we made our camp, if camp it could be called.
text_transcription: AT LENGTH THE CANOES WERE FINISHED AND WE CROSSED THE RIVER SWIMMING OVER THE FEW MISERABLE SKELETONS OF THE FRENCH PONIES WE HAD BROUGHT ALONG WE CAME TO A SUGAR CAP AND BEYOND IT STRETCHING BETWEEN US AND THENCE ENDS WAS A SEA OF WATER HERE WE MADE OUR CAMP IF CAMP IT COULD BE CALLED
phonemes: æt lˈɛŋθ ðə kənˈuːz wɜː fˈɪnɪʃt ænd wiː kɹˈɔst ðə ɹˈɪvɚ, swˈɪmɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ ðə fjˈuː mˈɪzɹəbəl skˈɛlᵻtənz ʌvðə fɹˈɛntʃ pˈoʊniz wiː hæd bɹˈɔːt ɐlˈɔŋ. wiː kˈeɪm tʊ ɐ ʃˈʊɡɚ kˈæmp, ænd bᵻjˈɔnd ɪt, stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ bᵻtwˌiːn ˌʌs ænd vɪnsˈɛnz, wʌzɐ sˈiː ʌv wˈɔːɾɚ. hˈɪɹ wiː mˌeɪd ˌaʊɚ kˈæmp, ɪf kˈæmp ɪt kʊd biː kˈɔːld.