[ffhhttt]

I mean the words might be related but I don’t think there is any evidence that soldiers were actually paid in salt?

Seem like a reasonable analysis:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jfkkmk/when_...

[zhte415]

Fascinating, thanks. Not just for the salt, but the trail and narration. Saved, and saved the old.permalink... to the Wayback Machine just in case.