The Yuma ferry massacre is a real life event recorded in numerous historical records, with much of the content from the historical record utilised in McCarthy’s reimagining of the Yuma assault. One of the primary sources for this event is William Carr’s 1850 deposition given in the District of Los Angeles. From this account, there are numerous anecdotes that appear in Blood Meridian. For example, in Carr’s account, this event is the moment in which John Joel Glanton lost his life at the hands of the Yuma. Differing from McCarthy’s depiction of this event, Carr describes both Glanton and Lincoln as having been murdered at the hands of a club wielding Yuma warrior. In contrast, McCarthy attributes Glanton’s death to an axe, and while he does