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Red River jig 
1 a vigorous dance popular in the old Northwest.
See also: jig ((v.)) Red River reel
- 1872 The principal dance, in fact the only one, is called a Red River jig, which somewhat resembles a horn-pipe, male and female participating in it. . . .
- 1942 Gethon's explanation of the origin of the Red River Jig was that he (Fred) learned the jig from his father, who in turn had learned it in Winnipeg after it had been brought west from Montreal soon after the advent of the 1800's.
- 1962 The "Thumper" intercepted two Jackson passes and promptly dazzled Ottawa tacklers with something resembling a cross between the Charleston and the Red River Jig.
2 the tune to which the jig is danced.
- 1900 After that saddest and most haunting of all melodies, a fiddle would be pulled out of its moose-skin bag, and the stirring strains of the "Red River Jig" would bring everybody to their feet.
- 1954 . . . he played the Red River jig. To this day, it is still a national air of the half-breeds. . . .
- 1872 The principal dance, in fact the only one, is called a Red River jig, which somewhat resembles a horn-pipe, male and female participating in it. . . .