Thought of this while reading 'Blood Meridian'

I just read the novel "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy and I kept thinking of this movie while I read it. The tone of the two stories is VERY different (McCarthys tale is very dark and violent) but the depiction of the scalphunters of that era was very similar. In addition the character Jim Howie in "The Scalphunters" is very similar to Judge Holden in BM in both appearance and his personality. Was wondering if anyone else is familiar with both stories and found any similarities as well.