What does Uncle Chester tell Hattie in his letter in the novel, Hattie Big Sky?

Hattie's uncle Chester writes Hattie that he has thought of her often, and though a scoundrel for most of his life, he had just begun to settle down when he discovered the cough he had was going to kill him. Now, his property of 320 acres in Montana is hers if she wants it. She only has to meet the remaining homestead requirements in order to keep it. Hoping she has some of her mother's backbone, he tells her, she is welcome to the house, a horse named Plug and a cow named Violet. He suggests she dress warm and bring a cat if she decides to take him up on his offer, which he sincerely hopes she will.